Ida B. Wells
Smith College Africana Studies Professor Paula Giddings talked about anti-lynching activist and civil rights pioneer Ida B. Wells. She discu… read more
Smith College Africana Studies Professor Paula Giddings talked about anti-lynching activist and civil rights pioneer Ida B. Wells. She discussed Wells' career as a journalist and newspaper publisher in the late 1800s, the lynching of her friend, her exile from Memphis and her activism in Brooklyn and Chicago. Ms. Giddings is the author of Ida: A Sword Among Lions: Ida B. Wells and the Campaign Against Lynching. The Brooklyn Historical Society hosted this event. close
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