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The Ida B. Wells Memorial Foundation and the Ida B. Wells Museum have also been established to protect, preserve and promote Wells's legacy. [138] In her hometown of Holly Springs, Mississippi, there is an Ida B. Wells-Barnett Museum named in her honor that acts as a cultural center of African-American history. [139]
Ida B. Wells was a significant figure in the anti-lynching movement. After the lynchings of her three friends, she condemned the lynchings in the newspapers Free Speech and Headlight, both owned by her. Wells wrote to reveal the abuse and race violence African Americans had to go through.
According to Ida B. Wells and the Tuskegee University, most lynching victims were accused of murder or attempted murder. Rape or attempted rape was the second most common accusation; such accusations were often pretexts for lynching black people who violated Jim Crow etiquette or engaged in economic competition with white people .
22 Ida B. Wells Quotes. Canva. 1. “The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them." ... but it is death to the colored man who yields to the force and advances of a similar ...
Ida B. Wells sues the Chesapeake, Ohio & South Western Railroad Company for its use of segregated "Jim Crow" cars. [citation needed] 1886. Norris Wright Cuney becomes the chairman of the Texas Republican Party, the most powerful role held by any African American in the South during the 19th century. [citation needed] 1887
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The lynching sparked national outrage, and Ida B. Wells' editorial, Free Speech, embraced Moss' dying words, which encouraged blacks to leave. "Following the advice of the Free Speech, people left the city in great numbers." [14] Lastly, Wells-Barnett had a personal connection to Moss and his wife as they were dear friends. [15]