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A look inside the U.S. Mint’s creation of a quarter celebrating Ida B. Wells

A look inside the U.S. Mint’s creation of a quarter celebrating Ida B. Wells

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🗓#OTD, the legendary Ida B. Wells was born. Born enslaved in 1862, Wells is remembered for her vocal critiques of racist violence, her leadership in multiple civil rights organizations, and tireless fight to end lynching in the U.S. 🎥She the People: Votes for Women | Smithsonian Channel

🗓#OTD, the legendary Ida B. Wells was born. Born enslaved in 1862, Wells is remembered for her vocal critiques of racist violence, her leadership in multiple civil rights organizations, and tireless fight to end lynching in the U.S. 🎥She the People: Votes for Women | Smithsonian Channel

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Ida B. The Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells

Ida B. The Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells

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Ida B. Wells in Memphis: New documentary charts a crusader's origins

Ida B. Wells in Memphis: New documentary charts a crusader's origins

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A look inside the U.S. Mint’s creation of a quarter celebrating Ida B. Wells

A look inside the U.S. Mint’s creation of a quarter celebrating Ida B. Wells

Journalist and civil rights activist Ida B. Wells was also a leader in the fight for women's suffrage. She founded the Alpha Suffrage Club to advocate for women's rights and to push for the election of African Americans. Wells traveled the South and gathered records in a decades-long campaign against lynching that made its horrors known nationwide. Her quote, "The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them," comes from her book, "The Light of Truth: Writings of an Anti-Lynching

Journalist and civil rights activist Ida B. Wells was also a leader in the fight for women's suffrage. She founded the Alpha Suffrage Club to advocate for women's rights and to push for the election of African Americans. Wells traveled the South and gathered records in a decades-long campaign against lynching that made its horrors known nationwide. Her quote, "The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them," comes from her book, "The Light of Truth: Writings of an Anti-Lynching

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International Women's Day: Ida B. Wells

International Women's Day: Ida B. Wells

Today we remember the legacy of journalist Ida B. Wells who passed on this day in 1931. Born into slavery, she fought to obtain an education and expose racial injustices in the 1890s. Her crusading work to investigate and publicize lynchings called public attention to the critical issue. #BecauseOfHerStory Read more about her life story, and see her stately portrait, over at the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution site: https://s.si.edu/2ECvdF3 | Smithsonian Channel

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Ida B. Wells is the latest trailblazing woman to be featured on a U.S. quarter! Learn more about her remarkable work as a journalist, suffragist, and antilynching crusader. | History in Five

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Historically Speaking: The U.S. Mint’s American Quarter for Ida B. Wells

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Ida B. Wells Biography Reading Comprehension & Poster Project | Black History

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Teaching Suffrage: Ida B. Wells in the Suffrage Procession (U.S. National Park Service)

Ida B. Wells was a tireless advocate for Black equality, far ahead of her time in embracing causes advanced by the Civil Rights Movement. She was also a master of image and knew how to present herself as the embodiment of dignity and power. #WomensHistoryMonth #WHM

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Honoring Ida B. Wells, Memphis’ trailblazer for civil rights and women’s suffrage

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Ida B. Wells — journalist, activist, and advocate for racial justice and women's suffrage — was born on July 16, 1862. | American Experience | PBS

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Ida B. Wells

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The fight against injustice: Remembering Ida B. Wells during Black History Month

How the Murder of a Black Grocery Store Owner and His Colleagues Galvanized Ida B. Wells’ Anti-Lynching Crusade

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Ida B. Wells Quarter Celebrates Dance and History

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Ida B. Wells on American Women Quarters™ by U.S. Mint - Raffi Andonian NBC TV Baltimore - TV274

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Ida B. Wells artwork is coming to Union Station | Most DC Thing

Ida B Wells: A trailblazer for racial justice and voting rights

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Under the leadership of Ida B. Wells, the Alpha Suffrage Club in Chicago registered enough women voters to make change in Chicago's 2nd Ward. Watch more women's voting history: https://bit.ly/3i1VltX #BecauseOfHerStory | Smithsonian

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Ida B. Wells’ Pioneering Journalism Highlighted in New WTTW Film

The Remarkable Story Of Ida B. Wells

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Ida B. Wells - History for kids

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Legendary Chicagoan Ida B. Wells awarded Pulitzer Prize special citation

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Was Ida B Wells a member of Delta Sigma Theta? - TimesMojo

Living With History: The Descendants of Ida B. Wells Believe Everyone Has the Potential for Greatness

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