Barnett, a civil rights pioneer and suffragist, is being remembered for her bravery and legacy. Her work continues to inspire today.

She changed her last name to Wells-Barnett and continued to write more articles and pamphlets about lynchings and race riots with the hope that the violence would stop. Ida B. Wells-Barnett with ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) – The Whalemobile visited Ida B. Wells-Barnett Elementary School No. 34 in Rochester Thursday. This featured a life-size 40-foot inflatable whale to provide an immersive ...

At a time when speaking out against injustice put one’s life at risk, Ida B. Wells-Barnett (1862-1931) was a fierce critic of racial violence, segregation and the disenfranchisement of African ...

Telling the stories of people like Ida B. Wells provides essential lessons about how to persevere against such attacks. For Wells, care for her community was central to an enduring practice of ...

Daniel (L) and Michelle (C) Duster attend the dedication of a monument to their great-grandmother, journalist, educator, and civil rights leader, Ida B. Wells on June 30, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois.