Research Guides: The Great Migration and Lynching: Ms. Ida B. Wells

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Ms. Ida B. Wells

Ida B. Wells (1862 – 1931) Journalist, suffragette, and social activist, Ida Wells is best known for her crusade to expose violence against African Americans and stop lynching.

Wells, Ida B. Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1970.

Wells, Ida B. Ida: in Her Own Words: The Timeless Writings of Ida B. Wells from 1893. Chicago: Benjamin Williams Pub, 2008.

Barnett, Ida B. The Light of Truth: Writings of an Anti-Lynching Crusader. New York: Penguin Books, 2014.

Wells, Ida B. The Memphis Diary of Ida B. Wells: An Intimate Portrait of the Activist As a Young Woman. Boston: Beacon Press, 1995.

Wells-Barnett, Ida B. and Jacqueline J. Royster. Southern Horrors and Other Writings: The Anti-Lynching Campaign of Ida B. Wells, 1892-1900. Boston: Bedford Books, 2016.

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