In this episode of History You Should Know, we learn about Ida B. Wells-Barnett, an investigative journalist, educator, and early leader in the civil rights movement, most known for her organizing of anti-lynching campaigns.


Learn more:


Ida B. Wells-Barnett
#MeToo Won’t Succeed If We Don’t Listen to Black Women
Ida B. Wells and the Lynching of Black Women
Ida B. Wells offered the solution to police violence more than 100 years ago
Lynching in America: Confronting the Legal of Racial Terror (Equal Justice Initiative)

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