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becauseofthiswoman:

Name: Ida B. Wells
Dates: (1862-1931)

Why she rocks: She was an African American journalist, and newspaper owner that was an early leader in the civil rights movement. She documented the problem of lynching in the United States. She was very active in the women’s rights and women’s suffrage movements, establishing many women’s organizations and touring nationally to speak about them.

Quote: “I had an instinctive feeling that the people who have little or no school training should have something coming into their homes weekly which dealt with their problems in a simple, helpful way… so I wrote in a plain, common-sense way on the things that concerned our people.”

Because of this woman… important civil rights issues were addressed, and as a result, banned. She was a stepping stone for women’s suffrage and women’s equality.

She also rose hell for W.E.B. DuBois in the NAACP because she felt there were too many white women and not enough black women involved. Werk Ida.

(via fyeahblackhistory)

3 months ago

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