Who Was Ida B. Wells? Ida B. Wells was an African American journalist, abolitionist and feminist who led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s. She went on to found and become integral in groups striving for African American justice. Early Life, Family and Education ...
One had better die fighting against injustice than to die like a dog or a rat in a trap. The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below Women’s History Doechii Caitlin Clark ...
LYNCHINGNATIONALISMRACISMRHETORICTRANSNATIONALISMThis article provides a transnational perspective on the alliance of the African American journalist Ida B. Wells with the white American writer Albion W. Tourg茅e and the British Quaker anti-imperialist Catherine Impey in seeking to mobilize British public ...
Ida Bell Wells-Barnett, better known as Ida B. Wells, was an African American writer and activist famous for her work campaigning against lynching in the South. A skilled writer and speaker, she traveled the United States and Europe lecturing on women’s and civil rights, and wrote an influ...
In an increasingly globalized economy, Sims argues that Ida B. Wells s fight against lynching is a viable option to address systemic forms of oppression. More than a century since Wells launched her anti-lynching campaign, an examination of her work questions America s use of lynching as a to...
Born into slavery in Holly Springs, Mississippi on July 16, 1862, Ida B. Wells was not yet three when the Civil War ended and slavery was abolished.
This "From the Archives" article provides the text of Ida B. Wells-Barnett's 1901 article, "Lynching and the Excuse for It," which was a response to an article on lynching by Jane Addams.doi:10.1080/10705422.2020.1805220Paul H. Stuart...
“From 1882-1968, 4,743 lynchings happened in the United States. Of these individuals that were lynched, 3,446 were dark colored. The blacks lynched represented 72.7% of the general population lynched”(“Ida B. Wells Quotes”). Ida Bell Wells Barnett, commonly known as Ida B. Wells ...
How did Ida B. Wells work to end lynching?Ida B. Wells:Ida B. Wells was a journalist and civil rights activist. Wells was the daughter of slaves, and she was born in 1862. She used her platform as a journalist and publisher to speak out against social injustice and violations against ...
Wells, a devout Christian, condemned white supremacist phony "Christians" for the lynching of blacks as well as other churches that refused to do anything against the violence.[6] Quotes“ The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.[7] ” ...