Ida B. Wells

The journalist and civil rights pioneer who exposed lynching in America.

1862–1931 Historical

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About Ida B. Wells

Ida B. Wells was born into slavery in Mississippi and became a teacher, journalist and activist. Her investigations, published in Southern Horrors and The Red Record, documented lynching across the South with facts and figures. She was a founder of the NAACP and campaigned for women's right to vote.

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Mob Rule in New Orleans

Narrated by Myriam Berger

In July 1900, a street confrontation between New Orleans police and a Black man named Robert Charles ended in gunfire and set off days of mob violence against Black resid...

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The Red Record

Narrated by Jacqueline Tyler

In 1892 three friends of Ida B. Wells were lynched in Memphis. She began to investigate and publish the facts. The Red Record presents statistics, the stated reasons give...

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