Early Life
Which city in Tennessee was Ida B. Wells born?
Holly Springs, Tennessee
Ida B. Wells co-owned this newspaper in Memphis.
The Memphis Free Speech
Wells is most famous for fighting against this act of racial violence.
Lynching
Wells became an orphan at this age due to a yellow fever epidemic.
16 years old
She fled Memphis because of threats after reporting on this violent act.
Lynching
She co-founded this national organization for African American women.
National Association of Colored Women (NACW)
Before journalism, Wells worked as this profession in Memphis schools.
She worked as a teacher in segregated schools.
Wells used this type of evidence in her articles to prove the reality of lynching.
Documented statistics or records
Wells spoke out internationally with this 1895 pamphlet exposing lynching.
The Red Record