IMAGES OF IDA B
WELLS
FEMINIST, ANTI-LYNCHING ACTIVIST, WOMAN SUFFRAGE ADVOCATE
Lynch Law and Red Record
Factual works of social science
IDA B WELLS – FOUNDING NAACP
MEMBER
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Wells served as secretary of the AfroAmerican Council, directing its antilynching bureau. Her activities laid the
groundwork for the NAACP’s antilynching campaign. A staunch critic of
Booker T. Washington, Wells-Barnett
helped organize the NAACP, but she
was skeptical of the NAACP’s white
leadership and moderate stance and
became inactive after 1912. She
continued to fight for social justice
independently, focusing on women’s
suffrage and civic reforms.
Votes for White Women
Ida B. Wells on the March for the
Woman’s Vote - 1917
Same
Alpha Suffrage Club – Chicago
1916