Wells-Barnett, Ida B.

Street Address: 
3624 South King Dr
Chicago, IL

1862–1931
Social reformer

Ida B. Wells-Barnett spent her life crusading against lynching in America. An advocate for civil rights, woman’s suffrage and economic justice, her anti-lynching campaign stirred the nation and brought international attention to racially motivated brutality.

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1893 - 1931

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