1. Ida B. Wells (1862-1931)

2. Who Born in Holly Springs, Mississippi, July 16, 1862 before the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. Ida B Wells was the oldest of eight children. Her parents died in 1880 do to Yellow Fever plaque in Holly Springs, Mississippi. Wells took responsibility to become a teacher in Holly Springs, Mississippi to support her younger siblings.

3. What In spite of hard times Ida B. Wells was able to complete her studies at Rust College and in 1888 became a teacher in Memphis Tennessee. She later became an editor and co- owner of a local black newspaper called “ Free Speech and Headlight.” When one of her African American and black store owner was lynched in 1892. Wells used her paper to attack the evils of lynching. Encourage the community of Memphis to go west.

4. When In 1884 she moved to Memphis, Tennessee as a teacher attending Fisk University during summer sessions. 1887 she was forcibly removed from her seat for refusing to move her seat to a “ colored car” on the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad her suit against the railroad for violating her civil rights was rejected by the Tennessee Supreme Court. 1895 got married to Ferdinand Barnett a Chicago Attorney, Had two sons and two subsequently daughters.

5. Where Attended a editors convention in New York, while she was there received word not to return to Memphis because her life would be in danger. Returned to the United States after the convention because she wanted to live there. Settled in Chicago and formed the Women’s Era Club. For African American Women. Name was changed in Honor of it’s founder Ida B. Wells Club. Well’s became a lecturer and organizer for anti-lynching societies.

6. How From 1898 to 1902 Wells Served as Secretary of the National Afro-American Council, and in 1916 She Founded and became the first president of the Negro Fellowship League. Ida B Wells changed to her madden name Wells was demanding for equal rights. Attended a 1909 meeting of the Niagara Movement. Was asked to be in the NAACP until her death in Chicago on March 25, 1931.

7. Summary Slide Ida B. Wells was a fearless anti-lynching crusader, suffragist, women’s right, advocate, journalist, speaker. She was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi in 1862 and died in Chicago, Illinois 1931 at the age of sixty-nine. From 1898 to 1902 Wells Served as Secretary of the National Afro-American Council, and in 1916 She Founded and became the first president of the Negro Fellowship League.