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Mary Garrity - Ida B. Wells-Barnett

Activist Ida B. Wells Gets Pulitzer Prize 137 Years After Refusing to Exit ‘Whites Only’ Train

Source: People Magazine

Born a year before emancipation, journalist Ida B. Wells is getting some overdue recognition for her brave and powerful reporting on injustice.

This entry was posted in The Move Toward Freedom, The Struggle for Freedom, Voices of Protest and tagged Historic Figures on May 7, 2020 by Mikki Gibson.

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