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Ida B. Wells-Barnett Becomes First Black Woman to Be Honored in Chicago With a Monument

One of our most daring trailblazers of the civil rights movement was honored in the Windy City with a bronze statue.

By

Zack Linly

Published

July 2, 2021
Exclusive: Ida B. Wells’ Great-Granddaughter Discusses Her Legacy, Growing Monument Campaign

“Having lost my paper, had a price put on my life, and been made an exile from home for hinting at the truth, I felt I owed it to myself and to my race to tell the whole truth.” —Ida B. Wells Ida Bell Wells-Barnett—abolitionist, suffragist, journalist and organizer—is a legend. She is the blueprint…

By

Kirsten West Savali

Published

May 25, 2018