Ida B. Wells was a legend. $300,000 has been pledged for a ... While working as a teacher to support her siblings, Wells put herself through school and became a reporter to “write about ...

When Ida B. Wells was 20 years old, she bought a first-class train ticket going from Memphis, Tennessee to Woodstock, where she had a job as a teacher.

At Barry Manilow’s farewell tour stop at the Portland Moda Center on Wednesday, an Ida B Wells music teacher received $10,000 ...

A photo shows Ida B. Wells-Barnett with her son Charles Aked Barnett, circa 1917-1919. ... Wells’ first career was as a teacher, but it was a profession she didn’t like.

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - The heat on Friday is a reminder that summer isn’t over quite yet, but students and teachers are counting down to cooler days. With no central air conditioning on hot days ...

Wells once said, “The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.” Her whole life she made other lives better by showing the truth and changing the way black people were treated. On ...

Long after the Civil War ended, Ida B. Wells continued to fight for freedom. She battled segregation, wrote groundbreaking exposés, and marched for women’s suffrage. Ida B Wells in 1917.

The Ida B. Wells Homes are shown in 1942. For nearly a decade, Duster and a group of volunteers have been working to pay for a monument that could serve as a proper appreciation for Wells-Barnett.

Process of creating the Ida B Wells statue: Creation of Ida B Wells statue on Beale Street. ... who spent 16 years in Memphis first as a teacher and then as a journalist and civil rights advocate.

Ida B. Wells left Memphis, Tennessee, in 1892, forced to stay away from the city after threats were made on her life and her office was destroyed. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ ...

Educator, journalist, anti-lynching activist and NAACP co-founder Ida B. Wells joins the pantheon of distinguished women honored by Mattel with her own signature Barbie doll. Resplendent in a deep ...