Ida B. Wells (1862-1931) was an African-American woman, born into slavery, who became a leader in the early Civil Rights Movement. As an investigative journalist and speaker, she exposed injustice and the horrors of lynching in the American South during t

Ida B. Wells (1862-1931) was an African-American woman, born into slavery, who became a leader in the early Civil Rights Movement. As an investigative journalist and speaker, she exposed injustice and the horrors of lynching in the American South during t

Ida B. Wells (1862-1931) was an investigative journalist focused on lynching in the American South during the Reconstruction Era. Credit: Alpha Historica/Alamy Stock Photo

Alpha Historica/Alamy Stock Photo