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By Jessica McElrath, About.com Guide to African-American History since 2000

Ida B. Wells: A Committed Advocate for Justice

Saturday April 5, 2008
Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress Ida Bell Wells-Barnett is most well-known for her crusade against lynching, but she also fought against Jim Crow Laws and for women's suffrage. Here’s a look at the life of one of America’s great crusaders for equality and justice.

Ida B. Wells' Writings:

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February 12, 2009 at 12:25 pm
(1) MacDaddy says:

I just wrote about her on my blog daddyBstrong.
I wrote that we should know of her. After all, we’re standing on her broad shoulders.

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