Ida B. Wells
In 2015, the international search engine Google celebrated the 153rd birthday of Ida B. Wells with a sketch of her image on its page above the search bar. This made headlines because most people have never ever heard of the audacious and fearless Ida B. Wells let alone her achievements and accomplishments. "Calling her "fearless and uncompromising " its choice to honor her in the Doodle. We salute Ida B. Wells with a Doodle that commemorates her journalistic mettle and her unequivocal commitment to the advancement of civil liberties" One such article in Time.com on July 16, 2015 wrote a small piece on Google's acknowledgement on Ida B. Wells as a journalist and a activist but this told but only a small piece of her lifework. "Calling her "fearless and uncompromising " its choice to honor her in the Doodle. We salute Ida B. Wells with a Doodle that commemorates her journalistic mettle and her unequivocal commitment to the advancement of civil liberties".
http://www.time.com/3960699/google-doodle-ida-b-wells/
http://www.time.com/3960699/google-doodle-ida-b-wells/
This page is dedicated to the lifework of a woman so bold, so fearless, so outspoken that, even though she may have been considered ahead of her time, she was exactly what her time needed to fight and shed light on the injustices that were abound during the late 19th and early 20th century.
Introducing the late, great Ida B. Wells!
We will be focusing on the various movement she influenced, lobbied and fought for and shaped during the late 19th and early 20th century.
Anti-Lynching
"3,436 people were lynched 1889 to 1922"
When Ida B. Wells Married, It Was a Page One Story
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/cp/weddings/165-years-of-wedding-announcements/ida-wells-wedding
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/cp/weddings/165-years-of-wedding-announcements/ida-wells-wedding
As a champion and activist of civil rights, Ida B. Wells was one of the founding members of the NAACP
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ida-b-wells-old-advice-for-the-naacps-new-direction_us_591fa439e4b07617ae4cbc2d
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ida-b-wells-old-advice-for-the-naacps-new-direction_us_591fa439e4b07617ae4cbc2d
An interview on the biography if Ida B. Wells with author and historian Mia Bay
www.biography.com/people/ida-b-wells-9527635
www.biography.com/people/ida-b-wells-9527635