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Black women trailblazers like Edmonia Lewis, Sissieretta Jones, and Ida B. Wells are finally receiving their due recognition in The New York Times obit pages.

Photographs of generations of Black suffragists offer invaluable documents about their thwarted and central roles in the history of women’s rights.

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There are many African Americans who have played a vital role in the formation of culture and history of their country, Important African American figures

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Tonight at 8pm, The Gist of Freedom welcomes Ida B. Wells' great-grandson Dan Duster. The Daily Chronicle ran a column on “the young coloured lady who is conducting in England such a plucky campaign for the rescue of her people from the brutalities of the Southern States of America. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thegistoffreedom/2012/03/07/ida-b-wells-great-grandson-dan-duster-talks-anti-lynching

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#ontheblog - Ida B. Wells is #BlackHistory Month, and today, Jacquelyn shines a light on Wells' life as a lesson in Black resistance. I love learning new things about figures I thought I knew inside and out, and am so glad to share this with you.

A new generation of activists traces its ancestry and inspiration to key figures in the suffrage movement.

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A collection of quotes and thoughts by Ida B. Wells on feminist, activist, speech, light, trap, truth, horrors, achievement, die, wrong, fighting, men, brave and moral.

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Ida B. Wells

Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (July 16, 1862 – March 25, 1931) was an American investigative journalist, educator, and early leader in the civil rights movement. She was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

Red Wine and Blue on Instagram: "This Women's History month we are all about celebrating the amazing women who came before us. Ida B. Wells stands in a class all her own, as a businesswoman, a journalist, and someone who fought for racial and gender equality and justice. #womenshistorymonth #womensupportingwomen #idabwells #womenshistory #blackhistory"

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Image Ownership: Public Domain By 1909 Ida B. Wells was the most prominent anti-lynching campaigner in the United States. From the early 1890s she labored mostly alone in her effort to raise the nation’s awareness and indignation about these usually unpunished murders. In 1909, however, … Read More(1909) Ida B. Wells, “Lynching, Our National Crime”