Ida B. Wells

Ida Bell Wells-Barnett more commonly known as Ida B. Wells, was an African-American journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, sociologist, feminist, Georgist, and an early leader in the Civil Rights Movement. She was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909.

Date of birth:
16th July, 1862
Date of death:
25th March, 1931
"In fact, for all kinds of offenses – and, for no offenses – from murders to misdemeanors, men and women are put to death without judge or jury; so that, although the political excuse was no longer necessary, the wholesale murder of human beings went on just the same."
― Ida B. Wells
Topic(s): Death
"I came home every Friday afternoon, riding the six miles on the back of a big mule. I spent Saturday and Sunday washing and ironing and cooking for the children and went back to my country school on Sunday afternoon."
― Ida B. Wells
Topic(s): Home
"The mob spirit has grown with the increasing intelligence of the Afro-American."
― Ida B. Wells
Topic(s): Intelligence

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