Black Woman Reformer
Lycoming College history professor Sarah Silkey recounted journalist and civil rights activist Ida. B. Well’s 1893-94 anti-lynching campaigns and her… read more
Lycoming College history professor Sarah Silkey recounted journalist and civil rights activist Ida. B. Well’s 1893-94 anti-lynching campaigns and her attempts to gain support from abolitionists in Britain. This talk was part of the University of Mary Washington’s “Great Lives” lecture series in Fredericksburg, Virginia. close
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