Here Are 5 Ways Ida B. Wells Used Her Voice For The People – Because of Them We Can

Here Are 5 Ways Ida B. Wells Used Her Voice For The People – Because of Them We Can

Ida B. Wells used her voice when her people needed it most. Born on July 16, 1862, in Holly Springs, Mississippi, Wells became one of the most fearless journalists and civil rights leaders in American history. The National Women’s History Museum notes that her anti-lynching activism and journalism helped lay the foundation for later civil rights work. Here are five ways she used her voice for the people. 1. She exposed the lies used to justify l…

Remembering Ida B. Wells and Assata Shakur

Remembering Ida B. Wells and Assata Shakur On this day in 1862, Ida B. Wells was born enslaved in Holly Springs, Mississippi. She became a pioneering journalist, educator, and fearless anti-lynching crusader. A co-founder of the NAACP, Wells helped shape investigative journalism and fight for Black civil rights. She died in 1931 at the age of 68. Also born on this day in 1947 was Assata Shakur, a Black Panther and Black Liberation Army activist.…

Human Rights Activist and Journalist, Ida B. Wells, Was Born on This Day

Ida B. Wells was born on July 16, 1862, on a plantation in Holly Springs, Mississippi. She was the oldest of eight children born to James and Lizzie Wells. Her father, who was enslaved, was a skilled carpenter and was able to make his own money and gain a kind of freedom that made him very active in fighting for freedom. He was a so-called “race man.” In September 1878, tragedy struck the Wells family when both James and Lizzie succumbed to yell…