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Ida wells parents die of yellow fever
Her father James Wells was a carpenter and her mother was Elizabeth "Lizzie" Warrenton Wells. Both parents were enslaved until freed under the Proclamation, one year after she was born. They died in 1878 if yellow fever. -
Ida takes a stand
A train conductor orderd her to give up her seat and move to the smoking car and she refused so the conductor and two men dragged Ida off the train. Ida then hired a african american lawyer to sue the railroad. Ida actually got some money out of the deal but then she hired a white laywer and won her case and got a fivehundread dollar settelment and became a respected public figure. -
The Red Record
Wells wrote a book all about the lynchings going on in the South. It was called the Red Record. A quote from the book:"The lesson this teaches and which every Afro-American should ponder well, is that a Winchester rifle should have a place of honor in every black home, and it should be used for that protection which the law refuses to give. When the white man who is always the aggressor knows he runs as great a risk of biting the dust every time his Afro-American victim does," -
Ahead of her time......
She was the first woman, black or white to legally have her name be both her last name and her husbands last name. Way before others people had thought of doing that. Ida B. Wells-Barnett was her legal name! -
Womens right
Wells founded the National Association of Colored Women. She wanted rights for Black and White women. -
NAACP
Ida Wells was one of the co founders of the National Assoc. for the Advancement of Color People. The NAACP is still around today -
Death
Ida B. Wells died of kidney disease at the age of 69, in Chicago, Illinois. She left behind a amazing legacy of social and political heroism. With her writings, speeches and protests, Wells fought against prejudice, no matter what potential dangers she faced. She once said, "I felt that one had better die fighting against injustice than to die like a dog or a rat in a trap." -
5 questions about ida wells
1 were was she born2 what did her parents die from3 what did ida refuse to do on the train4 what color was idas first laywer5 what was the name of the book she wrote first?
