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.

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Label Occurrences
Ida B. Wells canonical 24
Ida B. Wells-Barnett 7
Ida Bell Wells 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf African American leader ⓘ
anti-lynching activist ⓘ
civil rights activist ⓘ
human ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
suffragist ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ida B. Wells ⓘ
surface form: Ida B. Wells-Barnett
burialPlace Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago ⓘ
surface form: Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois, United States
causeOfDeath kidney failure ⓘ
coFounded NAACP ⓘ
NAACP ⓘ
surface form: 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 B. Wells self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 American civil rights movement ⓘ
surface form: 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 Baptists ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
workedFor Chicago Conservator ⓘ
Chicago Daily Inter Ocean ⓘ
Memphis Free Speech and Headlight ⓘ

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NAACP → founder → Ida B. Wells ⓘ
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women's suffrage movement → hasKeyFigure → Ida B. Wells ⓘ
Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → keyAdvocate → Ida B. Wells ⓘ
Ida B. Wells → fullName → Ida B. Wells self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ida Bell Wells
Ida B. Wells → alsoKnownAs → Ida B. Wells ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Niagara Movement → hasKeyPerson → Ida B. Wells ⓘ
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African-American history → hasKeyFigure → Ida B. Wells ⓘ
Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago → burialPlaceOf → Ida B. Wells ⓘ
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African-American history of Memphis → hasKeyFigure → Ida B. Wells ⓘ
National American Woman Suffrage Association → notableMember → Ida B. Wells ⓘ
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this entity surface form: Ida B. Wells-Barnett defied segregation by joining the Illinois delegation
Black Prophetic Fire → featuresFigure → Ida B. Wells ⓘ
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Ida → hasPart → Ida B. Wells ⓘ
subject surface form: Ida B. Wells
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Holly Springs, Mississippi, United States → hasNotablePerson → Ida B. Wells ⓘ
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Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases → author → Ida B. Wells ⓘ
The Red Record → author → Ida B. Wells ⓘ
Crusade for Justice → author → Ida B. Wells ⓘ
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Memphis Free Speech and Headlight → editor → Ida B. Wells ⓘ
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Alpha Suffrage Club → notableMember → Ida B. Wells ⓘ
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James Wells → child → Ida B. Wells ⓘ
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Elizabeth Warrenton Wells → motherOf → Ida B. Wells ⓘ
Elizabeth Warrenton Wells → hasChild → Ida B. Wells ⓘ