Ida B. Wells (16 lugl 1862 anni – 25 marzo 1931 anni)

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Journalist
"Writer-activist" against Lynching and Educational and gender inequalities
Teacher

= groundwork for Civil Rights Movement and BLM movement

two of the most influential works:

SOUTHERN HORRORS

"The men and women in the South who disapprove of lynching and remain silent on the perpetration of such outrages, are particeps criminis, accomplices, accessories before and after the fact, equally guilty with the actual lawbreakers [...]

RED RECORD

"The negro was placed upon a carnival float in mockery of a king upon his throne, and, followed by an immense crowd, was escorted through the city [...] Here Smith was placed upon a scaffold, six feet square and ten feet high, securely bound, within the view of all beholders. Here the victim was tortured for fifty minutes by red-hot iron brands thrust against his quivering body. Commencing at the feet the brands were placed against him inch by inch until they were thrust against the face. Then, being apparently dead, kerosene was poured upon him, cottonseed hulls placed beneath him and set on fire."

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