Throughout history, there have been many prominent people worth mentioning. Ida B. Wells-Barnett, who is a civil rights and woman’s activist and a member of Delta Sigma Theta Incorporated, empowered not only the past but today’s society. She stands as one of our nation’s most unbending and strong leaders and who is a devoted defender of democracy. (Baker 1996) Born in Holly Springs, Mississippi on July 16, 1862, and was the oldest daughter of slaves, James and Lizzie Wells. Eventually, during the Civil War, her mom was a famous cook and her father was a skilled carpenter.
At the age of fourteen, Wells-Barnett’s family was killed when a wide-spread of the Yellow Fever came through her hometown. After that tragic situation, responsibility came …show more content…
Wells, editor of the Memphis Free Speech, to begin an international anti-lynching campaign," the sign notes. Those lynching epidemics also are mentioned in a Beale Street marker honoring Wells today" (Waters 2015) "She also wrote against the evil events of lynching, causing the white community to become angry when she published an article about black men raping white women. She was targeting the principle of integrated couples, meaning black and white dating. The article became offensive towards the white crowd, and they demanded the publication to be destroyed as soon as …show more content…
Her and many other leaders protested about the rights of African Americans in the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition that happened in Chicago. In 1896, she helped created and introduced the National Association of Colored Women (NACW).
She hoped that these organizations would give black women and African Americans a chance to use their votes to help against the racial injustice. “Although Ida B. Wells was one of the founding members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), she was also among the few Black leaders to explicitly oppose Booker T. Washington and his strategies; she was viewed as one the most radical of the so-called "radicals" who organized the NAACP and marginalized from positions within its leadership.”(Baker 1996)
Wells-Barnett believed that blacks should have a voice too. She believed that black leaders should stand and speak out about racial inequality and lynching. She argued that rape of white woman by black men, and the sayings that it was the leading cause of lynching was a myth. She came to the conclusion that racists used this type of violence of African Americans could not challenge the white
At the age of fourteen, Wells-Barnett’s family was killed when a wide-spread of the Yellow Fever came through her hometown. After that tragic situation, responsibility came …show more content…
Wells, editor of the Memphis Free Speech, to begin an international anti-lynching campaign," the sign notes. Those lynching epidemics also are mentioned in a Beale Street marker honoring Wells today" (Waters 2015) "She also wrote against the evil events of lynching, causing the white community to become angry when she published an article about black men raping white women. She was targeting the principle of integrated couples, meaning black and white dating. The article became offensive towards the white crowd, and they demanded the publication to be destroyed as soon as …show more content…
Her and many other leaders protested about the rights of African Americans in the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition that happened in Chicago. In 1896, she helped created and introduced the National Association of Colored Women (NACW).
She hoped that these organizations would give black women and African Americans a chance to use their votes to help against the racial injustice. “Although Ida B. Wells was one of the founding members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), she was also among the few Black leaders to explicitly oppose Booker T. Washington and his strategies; she was viewed as one the most radical of the so-called "radicals" who organized the NAACP and marginalized from positions within its leadership.”(Baker 1996)
Wells-Barnett believed that blacks should have a voice too. She believed that black leaders should stand and speak out about racial inequality and lynching. She argued that rape of white woman by black men, and the sayings that it was the leading cause of lynching was a myth. She came to the conclusion that racists used this type of violence of African Americans could not challenge the white