On 16 July 1862 Ida B. Wells was born in Mississippi to parents James and Lizzie Wells. Being an African-American, Ida would have joined her parents as slaves if it were not for the Emancipation Proclamation, which was signed six months after her birth. But declared freedom for slaves did not mean equal treatment.

Wells grew up seeing the effects of slavery and the cruel treatment that followed African-Americans for many years. In May 1884, Wells was traveling to Nashville by train. She had bought a first class ticket, but was ordered to give up her seat and move to the African-American car. She was outraged at this unfair treatment and she was going to do something about it. Fortunately coming from a well-educated background, Ida was able to use journalism as a way to protest the injustice happening all around her.

In 1892, some African-American store owners, one of whom was Ida’s friend, were put into jail after killing some white men in self defense. While awaiting their trial in jail, a lynch mob took them and murdered them before they could have a chance to defend themselves. This incident, along with many others, caused Ida to travel around to gather information about lynching cases in order to publish articles about what was really happening in the world.

Ida eventually started an anti-lynching campaign and, in 1898, led a protest in Washington D.C. asking that the president make improvements in this area. She established several civil rights groups, focusing mainly on rights for women and was one of the founders of the NAACP. She continued fighting for freedom until her death in 1931.

Ida once wrote, “I felt that one better die fighting against injustice than to die like a dog or a rat in a trap.”

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Photo Caption: Ida B. Wells. Photograph taken by Mary Garrity, c. 1893.

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My name is Laynie Brown. I’m a student Schoolcraft College where I am studying psychology I have a real interest in History. I plan on becoming a school counselor someday.

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