This week, I have learned about many new interesting concepts, events, and people that took place in the past that I was not aware of. The one person who stood out the most was Ida B. Wells. By 1892, lynching had become very prevalent, as the notion that black men were a threat to white womanhood. Wells launched an anti-lynching movement. She found that between 1882 and 1892 lynching had vastly increased. Wells used lectures and pamphlets to spread her message to a national and international audience. I was so intrigued with Wells that I did some research on her. I found her biography tilted, “Ida B. Wells Biography”, written by Biography.com Editors. Here I found out that at the age of 16 she got a job as a teacher in order to take care of
