Ida B Wells
Ida Wells
Born July 16, 1862 Holly Springs, Mississippi
Died March 25, 1931 (aged 68) Chicago, Illinois
Education Freedman 's School, Rust College, Fisk University
Occupation Civil rights & Women 's rights activist
Spouse Ferdinand L. Barnett
Parents James Wells and Elizabeth "Izzy Bell" Warrenton
Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (July 16, 1862 – March 25, 1931) was an African-American journalist, newspaper editor and, with her husband, newspaper owner Ferdinand L. Barnett, an early leader in the civil rights movement. She documented lynching in the United States, showing how it was often a way to control or punish blacks who competed with whites. She was active in the women 's rights and the women 's suffrage movement, establishing several notable women 's organizations. Wells was a skilled and persuasive rhetorician, and traveled internationally on lecture tours.[1]
Contents [hide] 1 Life 2 Marriage and family 3 Later public career 4 Europe 5 Willard controversy 6 Writings (Southern Horrors and The Red Record) 7 Rhetorical style and effect 8 Wells and W. E. B. Du Bois 9 Legacy 10 See also 11 Notes 12 References 13 Further reading 14 External links
[edit] Life Ida B. Wells was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi in 1862,[2] just before President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Her father James Wells was a carpenter and her mother was Elizabeth "Lizzie" Warrenton Wells. Both parents were enslaved until freed under the Proclamation, one year after she was born.[3] Ida’s father James was a master at carpentry and known as a "race man", someone who worked for the advancement of blacks. He was very interested in politics, and was a member of the Loyal League. He attended public speeches and campaigned for local black candidates, but he never ran for office.[3] Her mother Elizabeth was a cook for the Bolling
Born July 16, 1862 Holly Springs, Mississippi
Died March 25, 1931 (aged 68) Chicago, Illinois
Education Freedman 's School, Rust College, Fisk University
Occupation Civil rights & Women 's rights activist
Spouse Ferdinand L. Barnett
Parents James Wells and Elizabeth "Izzy Bell" Warrenton
Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (July 16, 1862 – March 25, 1931) was an African-American journalist, newspaper editor and, with her husband, newspaper owner Ferdinand L. Barnett, an early leader in the civil rights movement. She documented lynching in the United States, showing how it was often a way to control or punish blacks who competed with whites. She was active in the women 's rights and the women 's suffrage movement, establishing several notable women 's organizations. Wells was a skilled and persuasive rhetorician, and traveled internationally on lecture tours.[1]
Contents [hide] 1 Life 2 Marriage and family 3 Later public career 4 Europe 5 Willard controversy 6 Writings (Southern Horrors and The Red Record) 7 Rhetorical style and effect 8 Wells and W. E. B. Du Bois 9 Legacy 10 See also 11 Notes 12 References 13 Further reading 14 External links
[edit] Life Ida B. Wells was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi in 1862,[2] just before President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Her father James Wells was a carpenter and her mother was Elizabeth "Lizzie" Warrenton Wells. Both parents were enslaved until freed under the Proclamation, one year after she was born.[3] Ida’s father James was a master at carpentry and known as a "race man", someone who worked for the advancement of blacks. He was very interested in politics, and was a member of the Loyal League. He attended public speeches and campaigned for local black candidates, but he never ran for office.[3] Her mother Elizabeth was a cook for the Bolling
References: On May 4, 1884, a train conductor Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad ordered Wells to give up her seat and move to the smoking car, which was already crowded with other passengers In 1892 she published a pamphlet titled Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases, and A Red Record, 1892–1894, which documented research on a lynching