Ida B. Wells

Born: 1862 in Mississippi

Died: 1931

Journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist & an active early leader in the Civil Rights Movement.

Helped found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909.

Documented and raised awareness about lynchings in the South; she published a pamphlet entitled Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases.

Similar to Rosa Parks, she was part of a court case concerning how she had refused to give up her seat on a train and was dragged off by employees, further fueling her strong convictions on civil rights.

Said: “The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.”