Ida B. Wells

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African American leader anti-lynching activist civil rights activist human journalist suffragist

Ida B. Wells was a pioneering African American journalist, civil rights leader, and anti-lynching crusader who played a key role in the early struggle for racial justice in the United States.

Aliases (2)

Ida B. Wells-Barnett ×2
Ida Bell Wells ×1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	African American leader → anti-lynching activist → civil rights activist → human → journalist → suffragist →
alsoKnownAs	Ida B. Wells-Barnett →
burialPlace	Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois, United States →
causeOfDeath	kidney failure →
coFounded	NAACP → National Association for the Advancement of Colored People →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1862-07-16 →
dateOfDeath	1931-03-25 →
ethnicity	African American →
familyName	Wells →
father	James Wells →
founded	Alpha Suffrage Club → Negro Fellowship League →
fullName	Ida Bell Wells →
givenName	Ida →
honor	Ida B. Wells Drive in Chicago named in her honor → Pulitzer Prize special citation awarded posthumously in 2020 →
knownFor	anti-lynching campaign → investigative journalism on racial violence → leadership in early civil rights organizations →
mother	Elizabeth Warrenton Wells →
movement	civil rights movement → women's suffrage movement →
notableWork	Crusade for Justice → Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases → The Red Record →
numberOfChildren	4 →
occupation	civil rights activist → editor → journalist → publisher → teacher →
placeOfBirth	Holly Springs, Mississippi, United States →
placeOfDeath	Chicago, Illinois, United States →
politicalActivity	advocated for Black women's voting rights → campaigned against lynching in the United States and abroad →
religion	Baptist →
residence	Chicago, Illinois, United States → Memphis, Tennessee, United States →
sexOrGender	female →
significantEvent	filed lawsuit against Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad for discrimination → parents died in yellow fever epidemic in 1878 →
spouse	Ferdinand L. Barnett NERFINISHED →
workedFor	Chicago Conservator → Chicago Daily Inter Ocean → Memphis Free Speech and Headlight →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
African-American history → women's suffrage movement →	hasKeyFigure
Ida B. Wells ("Ida B. Wells-Barnett") →	alsoKnownAs
NAACP →	founder
Ida B. Wells ("Ida Bell Wells") →	fullName
Niagara Movement ("Ida B. Wells-Barnett") →	hasKeyPerson
Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution →	keyAdvocate
Progressive Era →	significantFigure