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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 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
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]
In March 1898, the journalist Ida B. Wells-Barnett was the sole woman among eight congressmen who made a visit to the White House. Ida B. Wells pushed 7 presidents to pass anti-lynching ...
In 1892, Terrell, along with Helen Appo Cook, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Anna Julie Cooper, Charlotte Forten Grimké, Mary Jane Patterson and Evelyn Shaw, formed the Colored Women's League in Washington, D.C. The goals of the service-oriented club were to promote unity, social progress, and the best interests of the African American community.
Ida B. Wells was an influential journalist, co-founder of the NAACP and dogged advocate for the rights of the Black American woman. What did Ida B. Wells accomplish?
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.
Ida B. Wells was a remarkable human: a groundbreaking African American journalist, civil rights leader and anti-lynching activist. Born into slavery in Holly Springs, Mississippi in 1862 (just ...