Ida B. Wells-Barnett was a fierce advocate for racial and gender equality. Born into slavery, she became a leading voice against lynching and fought for women’s suffrage, even marching in the 1913 ...

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.

On October 5, 1892, journalist and activist Ida B. Wells addressed a packed house at New York’s Lyric Hall. The subject was lynching. Wells had recently published an editorial that exposed the ...

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 ...

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 ...