In this episode of History You Should Know, we learn about Ida B. Wells-Barnett, an investigative journalist, educator, and early leader in the civil rights movement, most known for her organizing of anti-lynching campaigns.

Learn more:

<ul><li><a href='https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/ida-b-wells-barnett'>Ida B. Wells-Barnett</a></li>

<li><a href='https://www.healthline.com/health/black-women-metoo-antirape-movement'>#MeToo Won’t Succeed If We Don’t Listen to Black Women</a></li>

<li><a href='https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/28/opinion/sunday/ida-b-wells-lynching-black-women.html'>Ida B. Wells and the Lynching of Black Women</a></li>

<li><a href='https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/made-by-history/wp/2017/07/11/ida-b-wells-offered-the-solution-to-police-violence-more-than-100-years-ago/'>Ida B. Wells offered the solution to police violence more than 100 years ago</a></li>

<li><a href='https://eji.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/lynching-in-america-3d-ed-091620.pdf'>Lynching in America: Confronting the Legal of Racial Terror (Equal Justice Initiative)</a></li>

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History You Should Know: Loretta Ross

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