#BlackHistoryMonth
Day 24
#IdaBellWells was an investigative journalist, educator, sociologist, & early leader in the #CivilRightsMovement.
She was also 1 of the founders of the #NAACP.
Labeled a race agitator by the US gov't, she continued to do #CivilRightsWork.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_B._Wells
Day 24
#IdaBellWells was an investigative journalist, educator, sociologist, & early leader in the #CivilRightsMovement.
She was also 1 of the founders of the #NAACP.
Labeled a race agitator by the US gov't, she continued to do #CivilRightsWork.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_B._Wells
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Day 24
#IdaBWells' publications & activism led to the promotion of the #AntiLynchingMovement. This caused a boycott of southern cotton by British textile manufacturers.
She had also worked with #MarcusGarvey, #MonroeTrotter & #MadamCJWalker.
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/ida-b-wells-barnett