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Ida B Wells

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Why black women's history is important to commemorate

Alexis Garrett Stodghill
ESSAY - As Women's History Month progresses on theGrio, we invite you to participate as we fortify ourselves with the powerful histories of the famous and everyday women who have made a way for us to enjoy today...
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The Descendants

Brittany Tom
SLIDESHOW - theGrio decided to track down some of the living descendants of well-known African-American historical figures to find out what it is like being related to some of most the influential people in history...
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Michelle, Daniel and David Duster. Descendants of Ida B. Wells (Courtesy of Michelle Duster)

Ida B. Wells' great grandchildren say she was a 'crusader'

Brittany Tom
theGRIO Q&A - Ida B. Wells was one of the most prominent black journalists and newspaper editors at the time and an active member of the women’s suffrage movement in the early 1900s...
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Fannie Lou Hamer, the great civil and voting rights activist, suffered the injustice of sterilization against her will.

Hollywood, adapt these black stories ASAP!

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SLIDESHOW - Why has there never been a big screen version of Harriet Tubman's story? Wouldn't a film about Marcus Garvey or Paul Robeson be endlessly entertaining and informative? Check out the slideshow below of black biopics we'd love to see...
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Ida B. Wells to be honored with sculpture in Chicago

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CHICAGO (AP) - For six decades, civil rights pioneer Ida B. Wells was woven into the fabric of Chicago's South Side as the namesake of a public housing project...
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