“The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.”
― Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Point #1
Ida Bell Wells was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi, on July 16, 1862. the oldest daughter of James and Lizzie Wells.
Point #2
Started her anti-lynching campaign in 1892 after three African-American men — Tom Moss, Calvin McDowell and Will Stewart — set up a grocery store. Their new business drew customers away from a white-owned store in the neighborhood, and the white store owner and his supporters clashed with the three men on a few occasions. One night, Moss and the others guarded their store against attack and ended up shooting several of the white vandals. They were arrested and brought to jail, but they didn’t have a chance to defend themselves against the charges. A lynch mob took them from their cells and murdered them.
“I felt that one had better die fighting against injustice than to die like a dog or a rat in a trap.”
Point #3
Ida B. Wells married Ferdinand Barnett ( a journalist, lawyer, and civil rights activist) in 1895 and was thereafter known as Ida B. Wells-Barnett. The couple eventually had four children together.
Point #4
Created the first African-American kindergarten in her community and fought for women’s suffrage.
Point #5
Ida B. Wells died of kidney disease on March 25, 1931, at the age of 68, in Chicago, Illinois.
Works cited
Ida B. Wells Biography – Biography
Ida B. Wells – Wikipedia
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