Ida B. Wells-Barnett, a journalist, activist, and researcher, fought sexism, racism, and violence in the United States.
In 1884, Wells-Barnett was thrown off a first-class train in Tennessee,despite holding a legitimate ticket. Wells-Barnett sued the railroad, and won at the local level of the judiciary. But the decision in her favor was eventually overturned in federal court. More than a decade later, in 1892, she wrote an expose about the lynching of African-American men that enraged locals in Memphis. Those citizens burned her newspaper's office and drove her to move to Chicago, where, in 1893, Wells-Barnett, joined other African American leaders in calling for the boycott of the World’s Columbian Exposition.
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| Rosa Parks |
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| Fannie Lou Hammer |
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| Ida B. Wells-Barnett |
Ida B. Wells-Barnett figured prominently in fighting for freedom, equality, and human rights.
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