The Life of Ida B. Wells (Hill and Wang, 2009). Miriam Decosta-Willis ed The Memphis Diary of Ida B. Wells: An Intimate Portrait of the Activist as a Young Woman (Beacon Press, 1995).

According to Memphis Police, two people were charged after shots were fired outside of the FedExForum in two incidents in the area of Ida B. Wells around 7 p.m. Friday. 37-year-old Kelvin Young ...

When Ida B. Wells met Garnet, she was living on De Kalb ... She raised them while working as a teacher, eventually moving the family to Memphis, where her aunt lived and the pay was better.

If you value our coverage and want to support more of it, please join us as a member. Ida B. Wells is the 16th woman recognized on the US quarter. (image by and courtesy the US Mint) A pioneering ...

A documentary on pioneering Black journalist, educator and civil rights leader Ida B. Wells is set for Southern Illinois ...

Civil rights activist Ida B. Wells will be featured on newly minted U.S. quarters. Historian Raffi Andonian joins Jenye Donaldson to share Wells' story.

CARBONDALE, Ill (WSIL) – Join us for a powerful evening celebrating the legacy of Ida B. Wells and the artistry of Richard Hunt with a special film screening and discussion at Morris Library’s ...

This program presents a well documented account of the life of Ida B. Wells: the woman who deserves a place among the great for her fight against lynching, and for her tireless efforts to create ...

In the spring of 1892, Ida B. Wells had had enough. The 29-year-old Memphis editor was sick of reading about the lynchings of Black Americans and angry about the bogus excuse often used to justify ...