In 1892 she started her lynching campaign because of the incident that occurred with her close friends. Tom Moss, Calvin Mcdonell, and Will Stewart were all African-American store owners. They were driving business away from the white business owners and that made them upset. So they resulted in fighting with Moss and friends, in the end, the white owners got killed and Moss and his friends were arrested. In jail, they were later lynched.

She spread awareness by writing articles that shed light on issues in the south many African-Americans had to face. Many whites were against her views and she received many death threats however she kept going because she knew that lynching had to end and the unfair treatment of African-Americans in the south. 

Due to her strong beliefs against lynching, she started the NAACP (National Association for the advancement of colored people), this organization took people who shared the same views as Wells. She also fought for women’s suffrage and wanted to make an organization which accepted her, and let her stand up for what she believed in.

Ida: Hey Tom, how are things down South? Is the business doing okay?

Tom: Hello Ida, things are okay, I’ve had some trouble with some of the white business owners.

Ida: Oh no! What’s wrong?

Tom: I think they see us as a threat to their business, but we’re just taking it day by day, trying to stay out of their way.

Ida: Has anything serious happened? Is everyone okay?

Tom: Word on the street is that they are going to be attacking us tonight so my boys and I better keep guard all night.

Ida: You guys better be safe, don’t make me worry too much.

Tom: We’ll try, it’s not like we did anything wrong and truth be told we are scared. Oh, Ida, a lot of bad things have gone on since you left.

Ida: Bad things! Like what?

Tom: Many of my close friends have been lynched for no reason and no one has done anything to stop these incidents. 

Ida: This is not the news I wanted to hear, you know how I have been against lynching I think it’s time I take action. I just don’t want to be called out.

Tom: I understand, anyways it’s nice to hear from you. Take care.

Ida: Alright Tom, you take care as well.

“Innocence, your history of silence

Won’t do you any good

Did you think it would?

Let your words be anything but empty

Why don’t you tell them the truth?”

Brave

This is one of Ida’s favorite songs because it reminds her to keep being brave and stand up for what she believes in. In the song, it says, “Innocence, your history of silence

Won’t do you any good”, Silence won’t due to her any good she has to stand up for her voice. This is related to Ida’s need and love for fighting against lynching after she saw how it affected her friends and life in the south. She knew it was wrong and she wanted others to see her viewpoint. In the song it says, ”Why don’t you tell them the truth?”, this is exactly what Ida does when she protests around the United States to stand up against lynching. Also talking about the conditions down South.

“Who run the world?
Girls

Run the World

This is one of Ida’s favorite songs because it has a meaningful message stating that girls are in power and they run the world. Meaning they should have equal rights, this is one of Ida’s favorites because she was a feminist who stood up for women’s suffrage. In the song, the lyrics say, ”Who run the world? Girls”. This relates to what Ida is doing, she is done being quiet and ready to stand up for herself and other women like her.

“You held me down, but I got up (hey!)

Already brushing off the dust

You hear my voice, you hear that sound

Like thunder, gonna shake the ground”

This is another one of Ida’s favorite songs because it addresses how even though she kept getting threats and was told to stop what she was doing she kept going. She put her own life at risk to stand up for what was right, she wrote many articles exposing the terror that was happening in the South. These articles were powerful and drove some whites over the edge, they destroyed her equipment when she was in New York City, but this did not stop her she kept going. This later led to the lead the NAACP and write for her husband's newspaper, The Chicago Conservator.

Twitter: Ida would have twitter on her phone to help spread the word about her protests and campaigns. Ida is very well involved in standing up for important issues such as anti-lynching and women’s suffrage this platform would help her spread the word and share her opinions with her followers or millions of other people on the app. This way she can reach more people. She could also inform she followers about where the protests are held.

Maps: Ida would need to have the maps app in order to figure out where some protests are held and just help her with her continuous travel. Wells travels around the south and north to spread the word about her anti-lynching campaigns and others. This would be helpful to her when she needs to locate if a protest is within walking distance and how long it would take her to travel on a train.