IDA B WELLS

IDA B WELLS

• July 16, 1862 – March 25, 1931
• was an African-American journalist
• and an early leader in the civil
• rights movement

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• She documented lynching in the United States
• showing that it was often used as a way
• to control or punish blacks who competed
• with whites, rather than being based in criminal
• acts by blacks, as was usually claimed by white mobs

SHE WAS ACTIVE IN

• Women's rights and
• Women's suffrage movement
• She establish several notable
• women's organizations

LEGACIES AND HONORS

• On February 1, 1990, the United States Postal Service
• issued a 25-cent postage stamp in her honor
• 2002, Molefi Kete Asante listed Wells on his list of
• 100 Greatest African Americans