One major goal of the American Civil Rights movement was to give all people equal rights, regardless of race or sex. Many people in the United States have a hard time trying to fight for what they believe in, because of their race or sex. The fight for Civil Rights is still important today in the U.S. Ida B. Wells changed the progress of Civil Rights, and her fight for change is still evident today.
There are many reasons why Ida B. Wells started writing civil rights articles. One reason being, her mother was a slave when Wells was born. When Wells was a child, she was born into slavery (History). She knew from a young age that people were not equal (Myers 4). As she saw her family being mistreated, she wanted to do something to help, but she was not sure how to. Aside from what was happening around them, her parents wanted her and her five younger siblings to have a …show more content…
Wells was a part of different organizations to help with civil rights. Wells once said, “I felt that one had better die fighting against injustice than to die like a dog or a rat in a trap.” (Ida B. Wells). One main organization that Wells took part in was the National Association of Colored Women, also known as the NACW. This organization fought to help colored women working for suffrage. The group started off only helping women, but then realized that colored men needed help too. By 1916, the organization started to grow a lot. The group reached the top of their activity between 1920 and 1930. The association started to realize that they wanted to benefit as much as possible. The groups' motto was, “Lift as we climb.” They wanted to help as much as they could around them. Wells went to one march, and they told her she was not allowed to march, because the whites did not want to be seen marching next to her. Wells did not care what they said, and she continued to march anyways. The organization fought for anti-lynching laws, but the laws were never passed. (National Women’s History
There are many reasons why Ida B. Wells started writing civil rights articles. One reason being, her mother was a slave when Wells was born. When Wells was a child, she was born into slavery (History). She knew from a young age that people were not equal (Myers 4). As she saw her family being mistreated, she wanted to do something to help, but she was not sure how to. Aside from what was happening around them, her parents wanted her and her five younger siblings to have a …show more content…
Wells was a part of different organizations to help with civil rights. Wells once said, “I felt that one had better die fighting against injustice than to die like a dog or a rat in a trap.” (Ida B. Wells). One main organization that Wells took part in was the National Association of Colored Women, also known as the NACW. This organization fought to help colored women working for suffrage. The group started off only helping women, but then realized that colored men needed help too. By 1916, the organization started to grow a lot. The group reached the top of their activity between 1920 and 1930. The association started to realize that they wanted to benefit as much as possible. The groups' motto was, “Lift as we climb.” They wanted to help as much as they could around them. Wells went to one march, and they told her she was not allowed to march, because the whites did not want to be seen marching next to her. Wells did not care what they said, and she continued to march anyways. The organization fought for anti-lynching laws, but the laws were never passed. (National Women’s History