Today we remember Ida B. Wells, who was born into slavery on July 16, 1862. Wells was a skillful writer, pioneering journalist, and civil rights activist. After her friend Thomas Moss was lynched, Wells embarked on an anti-lynching campaign. Her efforts to count, investigate, and report lynchings in America brought international attention to this issue. Though her life was threatened and her printing press was burned, Wells continued to research and write about lynching throughout her life. #Bec

Today we remember the legacy of journalist Ida B. Wells who passed on this day in 1931. Born into slavery, she fought to obtain an education and expose racial injustices in the 1890s. Her crusading work to investigate and publicize lynchings called public attention to the critical issue. #BecauseOfHerStory Read more about her life story, and see her stately portrait, over at the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution site: https://s.si.edu/2ECvdF3 | Smithsonian Channel

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2.3K views · 19 reactions | Ida B. Wells: Journalist, activist, and suffragette. She led an anti-lynching crusade over 100 years ago. Join us all month long as Channel 3 celebrates #BlackHistoryMonth. | WFSB - Channel 3 Eyewitness News | Facebook