jul 16, 1862 - Ida B. Wells birth

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Wells dedicated a lifetime to combating prejudice and violence, and fighting for racial equality, and gender equality, Wells became an icon due to her pursuits

During her time publishing newspapers exposing the horrors of the South, she had her business destroyed by a mob, though she didn't succumb to the fearmongering like others around her and continued speaking truthfully on how horrible things were for black people in the SOuth

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