Ida B. Wells, American Journalist

Ida B. Wells (July 16, 1862 - March 25, 1931) was an American journalist, suffragist, a leader of the anti-lynching campaign and founding member of the NAACP. In 1884, she was forcibly removed from her seat for refusing to move to a colored car on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. She sued the railroad for violating her civil rights and won her case when the local circuit court granted her a settlement of $500. The case was taken to the Tennessee Supreme Court where it was rejected in 1887. Wells traveled nationally and internationally on lecture tours. In 2020, she was posthumously honored with a Pulitzer Prize. The Afro-American Press and its Editors, 1891 (cropped and cleaned)

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