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1 de may. de 2024 · Ida B. Wells-Barnett, American journalist who led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s. She later was active in promoting justice for African Americans and founded (1910) what was possibly the first Black women’s suffrage group, Chicago’s Alpha Suffrage Club.
Ida Bell Wells was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi on July 16 th, 1862. She was born into slavery during the Civil War. Once the war ended Wells-Barnett’s parents became politically active in Reconstruction Era politics. Her parents instilled into her the importance of education. Wells-Barnett enrolled at Rust College but was expelled when ...
– Ida B. Wells (1892) Soon after moving to Memphis, Tennessee, Wells was hired in Woodstock by the Shelby County school system. During her summer vacations, she attended summer sessions at Fisk University, a historically Black college in Nashville, Tennessee. She also attended Lemoyne-Owen College, a historically Black college in Memphis. She held strong political opinions and provoked many ...
While women’s suffrage has often been associated with white women like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, it’s beyond time for us to recognize that pioneering Black activists like Ida B. Wells were fighting a bigger battle — against sexism and racism — and faced obstacles within their own movement. Wells, who was born a slave ...
5 de mar. de 2021 · Lyons taught Wells her two main rules of public oratory: “1 – Be so familiar with your subject that you are literally saturated with it; think, meditate and reflect to develop all the points in logical sequence. 2 – Learn how to manage the voice; if thought is prolific, expression of ideas will become automatic.”.
16 de jul. de 2015 · Ida B. Wells was a groundbreaking journalist, an activist, a co-founder of the NAACP, and even a precursor to Rosa Parks — it's difficult to choose which occupation defines her legacy best.
11 de abr. de 2021 · Co-founder and co-owner of the Memphis Free Speech and Headlight. Going by the pseudonym “Iola”, Ida B. Wells wrote powerful articles for a number of newspapers like The Living Way and the Memphis Free Speech and Headlight. She was the chief editor and co-owner of the latter newspaper. Her articles about the poor conditions in Black schools ...
