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Ida B. Wells (July 16, 1862 – March 25, 1931)
An American investigative journalist, educator, and civil rights activist, Ida B. Wells was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the National Association for Colored Women. She also founded the Alpha Suffrage Club in Chicago to organize women in the city to elect candidates that would best serve the black community. Wells used her platform as a journalist to talk about the conditions of segregated schools in the south. She was the owner of two newspapers: The Memphis Free Speech and Headlight. Wells also worked on anti-lynching campaigns and called for President McKinley to make anti-lynching reforms.
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