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The Heroic Life of Civil-Rights Activist Ida B. Wells-Barnett

Summary by Her Campus
From investigative civil rights journalist to political activist, Ida B. Wells-Barnett’s life is a story of penury to triumph. Wells-Barnett was born on July 16, 1862, in Holly Springs, Mississippi. She is recognized as one of the first African-American journalists and an anti-lynching activist—she used journalism to expose lynchings in the United States. Throughout her life, she had many different roles; she was a mother, a teacher, a women’s s…
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Her Campus broke the news in on Thursday, December 11, 2025.
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