When Ida B. Wells met Garnet, she was living on De Kalb ... she pledged to care for the children of others. She found ample opportunity to do so after an investigation into so-called “employment ...

When Michelle Duster — author, historian, public speaker and great-granddaughter of famed Black journalist and activist Ida B. Wells — learned that a school named after Woodrow Wilson in ...

Ida B. Wells-Barnett (1862-1931) is the investigative journalist, educator and advocate known for her outspoken activism. Wells-Barnett used her pen and voice to document and address the severe ...

Ida B. Wells-Barnett with her children, Charles (left), Herman (right), Ida Jr. (center), and Alfreda (bottom), in 1909. In addition to writing, she also got involved in several organizations to ...

NEW YORK — The great-granddaughter of Ida B. Wells is writing a biography of the pioneering African-American journalist and activist. One Signal Publishers announced Thursday that Michelle Duster’s ...