Journalist, civil rights activist, anti-lynching crusader, Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (1862-1931) was a cofounder of the NAACP and active in women's issues.
A biography of Ida B. Wells-Barnett, muckraking journalist and anti-lynching crusader.
A summary of the contributions and life of Ida B. Wells-Barnett, muck-raking journalist and anti-lynching crusader.
Ida B. Wells and Mary Church Terrell had very different reactions when black women were asked to march at the end of a suffrage parade in 1913.
Jessica McElrath, About's Guide to African American History, describes the life of Ida B. Wells-Barnett and her work to end lynching.
An online copy of Ida B. Wells-Barnett's study on lynching in Georgia.
Biography, part of "The Progress of a People" collection on African-American Perspectives.
A short bibliography of resources on Ida B. Wells Barnett. At this writing, the resources include items as late as 1992.
A biographical sketch of Ida B. Wells-Barnett from the National Women's Hall of Fame (Wells-Barnett was inducted in 1988).
From PBS.org, a brief biographical sketch with some excellent suggestions for further reading (print resources).
A biography with further readings from the Encyclopedia of World Biography, a Gale resource.
A short biography of Wells-Barnett, with some ideas for classroom discussion on racial issues in criminal punishment today.
From Women in History, a group of actresses who portray historical figures, including Wells-Barnett.
Landmark home in Chicago, where Wells-Barnett resided with her husband, journalist and lawyer Ferdinand Lee Barnett.
Janelle Gamez-Prince's winning essay, 1995, on Ida B. Wells, published in honor of African American History Month.
Read the introduction from Patricia A. Schechter's 2001 biography of Ida B. Wells-Barnett.
An image of a 1940 WPA poster in honor of the dedication of the Chicago housing project named for Ida B. Wells-Barnett.
