"Ida Wells Barnett...began writing because conditions in the black community of Memphis, Tennessee, in the 1880s needed a strong voice of protest."
Wade-Gayles, Gloria. “Black Women Journalists in the South, 1880-1905: An Approach to the Study of Black Women's History.” Callaloo, no. 11/13, 1981, pp. 138–152. www.jstor.org/stable/3043847.
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Ida B. Wells-Barnett Journalist, Lecturer, Civil Rights activist, Anti-Lynching crusader, Feminist
In the 21st century a woman writing a reveling work on injustices is not unusual. However, in 1895 a black female former slave wrote the pamphlet entitled A Red Record that brought the horrors of lynching to the nation's attention. That writer was Ida B. Wells-Barnett."That work refuted the myth that by killing African-American men, white men intended to shield white women against rape." "Lecturing in Great Britain in 1893 and 1894, Wells-Barnett internationalized her anti-lynching campaign." Reference Library of Black America, Page 412-413. Available in Ryan Library's reference section
Because of her fight for justice, Wells-Barnett's image was place on a U. S. postage stamp.
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Video
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice 54 minute award-winning biographical film
Lynching 1:20 long clip. (Contains graphic images)
eBook
Black Woman Reformer: Ida B. Wells, Lynching, and Transatlantic Activism
Internet
What is lynching? From PBS web site "American Experience."
Billy Holiday is known for her recoding of the song entitled “Strange Fruit.” It is a song about lynching.