Ida

"The people must know before they can act, and there is no educator to compare with the press."

Ida B. Wells—journalist, activist, and advocate for racial justice and women's suffrage—was born on July 16, 1862 in Holly Springs, Mississippi.

In a career spanning decades, Wells would lead a national crusade to bring attention to the horrors of lynching and, in the face of opposition from the movement's white leaders, would carve out a space for Black women in the fight for the vote.

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