Ida Wells


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Ida Wells was an African- American Newspaper editor, and journalist. She was an early leader in the Civil Rights Movement and documented how the whites lynched the African-Americans. As stated in Wikipedia "She was active in women's rights and the women's suffrage movement, establishing several notable women's organizations. Wells was a skilled and persuasive rhetorician, and traveled internationally on lecture tours."

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