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consult anyone. Ida B. Wells was a muckraker, and this is part of the muck. Certainly, if we make our way between the dates and the dis-patches, the trappings of a more orthodox autobiography are there. And there is so much that was remarkable about Ida B. Wells. More than a decade before Plessy v. Ferguson, she refused to move from
Wells co-owned a Memphis newspaper called The Free Speech and Headlight, and in May of 1892 she traveled to the East Coast to meet with Mr. T. Thomas Fortune, the editor of the New York Age, an African American newspaper. Three months prior to her trip, a white mob had lynched Wells’s close friend, Thomas Moss, in Memphis. His death prompted
- The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them. Ida B. Wells. Light, Way, Turns.
- One had better die fighting against injustice than die like a dog or a rat in a trap. Ida B. Wells. Dog, Fighting, Justice.
- There must always be a remedy for wrong and injustice if we only know how to find it. Ida B. Wells. African American, Injustice, Remedy.
- Those who commit the murders write the reports. Ida B. Wells. Writing, Murder, Commit.
Aug 20, 2021 · Ida B. Wells (1862-1931) was one of the foremost crusaders against black oppression. This engaging memoir tells of her private life as mother of a growing family as well as her public activities as teacher, lecturer, and journalist in her fight against attitudes and laws oppressing blacks Foreword by John Hope Franklin
Jul 16, 2020 · Today marks the 158 th birthday of journalist, activist, and civil rights icon Ida B. Wells-Barnett, born into slavery in Missouri on July 16, 1862. Wells, posthumously awarded the Pulitzer Prize earlier this year for her “outstanding and courageous reporting on the horrific and vicious violence against African Americans during the era of lynching,” left a legacy that endures today ...
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You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The Red Record Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynching in the United States Author: Ida B. Wells-Barnett Release Date: February 8, 2005 [EBook #14977] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT ...