Ida B Wells

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July 18, 2022
The National Association of Colored Women's Clubs will celebrate its 126th anniversary in Little Rock this month.
January 15, 2022
Activist-journalist Ida B. Wells' legacy lives on in Barbie's Inspiring Women Series, with help from great-granddaughter Michelle Duster.
July 1, 2021
A monument to journalist and civil rights activist Ida B. Wells-Barnett was unveiled Wednesday in the South Side of Chicago.
Naomi Osaka thegrio.com
June 1, 2021
Naomi Osaka is putting her mental health first but her critics don't believe she should exercise her own agency.
Henry W. Grady High School Ida B. Wells thegrio.com
October 30, 2020
Over 1,500 people sign a petition asking Atlanta to reject changing the name of Henry W. Grady H.S. to Ida…
May 14, 2020
The great-granddaughter of Ida B. Wells is writing a biography of the pioneering African-American journalist and activist.
May 4, 2020
Ida B. Wells is honored by the Pulitzer Prize committee over a hundred years after her pionnering work helped civil…
August 10, 2018
[griojw id=”5pIx6gPf” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] Today BlacKkKlansman opens in theaters nationwide on the one-year anniversary of arguably America’s ugliest day of 2017: Charlottesville’s
July 16, 2018
[griojw id=”DsZEL7Ob” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] Journalism pioneer and abolitionist Ida B. Wells may finally receive the recognition she deserves for her crusades. Wells
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April 23, 2018
[griojw id=”wcmjQ0os” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   The Sons of Confederate Veterans reliving their racist past and dressed as Confederate soldiers, carrying muskets
March 1, 2013
ESSAY - As Women's History Month progresses on theGrio, we invite you to participate as we fortify ourselves with the…
February 22, 2013
SLIDESHOW - theGrio decided to track down some of the living descendants of well-known African-American historical figures to find out…
February 20, 2013
theGRIO Q&A - Ida B. Wells was one of the most prominent black journalists and newspaper editors at the time…
February 22, 2012
SLIDESHOW - Why has there never been a big screen version of Harriet Tubman's story? Wouldn't a film about Marcus…
December 28, 2011
CHICAGO (AP) - For six decades, civil rights pioneer Ida B. Wells was woven into the fabric of Chicago's South…