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After the lynching of three of her friends, Ida B. Wells turned her attention to white mob violence. She raised important questions about why black men were lynched. She set out to investigate several cases and published her findings in a pamphlet along with several columns in local newspapers. Wells' expose about an 1892 lynching enraged locals, who in response, burned her press and drove her out of Memphis. After a few months, the backlash became so bad she was forced to move to Chicago. Ida B. Wells traveled internationally, shedding light on lynching to foreign audiences. Abroad, she openly confronted white women in the suffrage movement who ignored lynching. Because of her stance, she was often ridiculed and ostracized by women’s suffrage organizations in the United States. Nevertheless, Wells remained active the women’s rights movement and continued to move forward in her anti-lynching campaign. Ida B. Wells was a prominent leader in the women's suffrage movement, anti-lynching campaigns, and the eternal fight for African-American civil rights.

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“Virtue knows no color line, and the chivalry which depends upon complexion of skin and texture of hair can command no honest respect.” - Ida B. Wells

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“Virtue knows no color line, and the chivalry which depends upon complexion of skin and texture of hair can command no honest respect.” - Ida B. Wells

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Husband of Ida B. Wells

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1884 - 1931
Ida B. Wells' time as an activist in America began in 1884 when she was denied her seat on a Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad train. This confrontation shined light on the issues that both African-Americans face in America and the issues that women face. When she died in 1931, her role as an activist came to an end. Her voice was heard at numerous conventions and she was known for her involvement in many committees and associations that brought attention to women's suffrage, anti-lynching, and African-American civil rights.

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Ida B. Wells was born into slavery on July 16th, 1862 in Holly Springs, Mississippi and died on March 25th, 1931 in Chicago, Illinois. She was an African-American journalist known for political activism and social justice and lead an anti-lynching campaign that invoked her legacy. In 1887, Tennessee Supreme Court reversed a Circuit Court decision against her. Wells sued the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad because she was forcibly removed from her seat after she had refused to give it up and go sit in a “colored only” seat. This altercation ignited a fire in Wells' soul and led her to become the heroine she is known to be. In 1892, three of Ida B. Wells' friends were lynched by a mob after a confrontation with white grocers. Under the pen name Iola, Ida B. Wells moved out of Memphis, where the lynching occurred, and focused her work on bringing light to the prodigious amount of unjust lynchings in America. Ida B. Wells is the author of A Red Record and the co-founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Wells served as secretary of the National Afro-American Council from 1898 to 1902, and participated in the Niagara Movement meeting in 1909. Wells founded and became the first president of the Negro Fellowship League in 1910 and helped immigrants from the South, and also founded one of the first African-American women’s suffrage groups (Chicago’s Alpha Suffrage Club) in 1913. Ida B. Wells' time as a public activist came to an end in 1916 after she served as a probation officer of the Chicago municipal court for three years.

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Key Locations of Ida B. Wells' time as an activist
- Memphis, Tennessee (The lynching of her three friends occurred here, her press was located here before it was burned down, and the train car company that she sued was located here as well.)
- Chicago, Illinois (This is where Wells lived after she moved from Memphis. She met her husband, Ferdinand L. Barnett, here as well. Once she settled here, she became heavily involved in urban reform and bringing attention to women's suffrage and anti-lynching.)
- Brooklyn/New York City, New York (This is where Ida. B Wells' journalism career took off. She wrote articles and exposes under the name "Iola" and gained attention, both positive and negative, at the national level.)

People that lived in urban cities were most affected by Ida B. Wells and her role as an activist. She focused on reform, women's suffrage, and anti-lynching practices in urban cities.

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Ida B.Wells was a political and social reformer during the Progressive Era. She shed light on the prejudices that lead to thousands of black men being unjustly lynched in America. She was also an influential suffragist and paved the way for African-American women to become eligible to vote. Ida B. Wells may not be a well known name in American history, but she shall forever be remembered as a pure example of what it means to be American. She stood up for what she believed in and never stopped fighting until she passed in 1931. Her impact on our country is everlasting. Thank you Ida.

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In conclusion, Ida B. Wells was, and will forever be a heroine. She sought justice for the thousands of African-American lives that were unjustly lynched in America, and consistently elucidated her opinions on women's suffrage and civil rights in committees across the country. Her legacy shall never be forgotten. I have the utmost respect for Ida B. Wells and I hope that my generation will carry on the change that her brave actions made in America. No person should have to fight as hard as she did for human rights.