
Born into slavery in 1862, Ida B. Wells went on to become an influential reformer and leader in the African American community. A Southern black woman living in a time when little social power was available to people of her race or gender, Ida B. Wells made an extraordinary...

Ida B. Wells: Social Activist and Reformer offers a new look at the life of the great journalist and civil rights advocate of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.