Ida B. Wells-Barnett, an African American muckraking journalist and activist for racial justice, was a key organizer and lecturer in the early campaigns against lynching. She left Memphis under threat of death, and spent most of the rest of her life working on racial justice issues in Chicago, while raising a family.

• Ida B. Wells-Barnett Profile - summary of facts and accomplishments
• Ida B. Wells-Barnett Biography - her life and achievements
• More About Ida B. Wells-Barnett - index to articles on this site, around About.com, and on the Net
• Black Suffrage Marchers Sent to the Back - an incident when Ida B. Wells-Barnett refused to go along with the moderates