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According to Ida B. Wells and the Tuskegee University, most lynching victims were accused of murder or attempted murder. Rape or attempted rape was the second most common accusation; such accusations were often pretexts for lynching black people who violated Jim Crow etiquette or engaged in economic competition with white people .
The Ida B. Wells Memorial Foundation and the Ida B. Wells Museum have also been established to protect, preserve and promote Wells's legacy. [138] In her hometown of Holly Springs, Mississippi, there is an Ida B. Wells-Barnett Museum named in her honor that acts as a cultural center of African-American history. [139]
Pages in category "Ida B. Wells" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
In March 1898, the journalist Ida B. Wells-Barnett was the sole woman among eight congressmen who made a visit to the White House.. They came to implore President William McKinley to punish the ...
This is a list of African-American activists [1] covering various areas of activism, ... Ida B. Wells, civil rights activist, co-founder of the NAACP;
Ali Alexander (born 1984 or 1986), Social media personality and activist, of African-American and Arab ancestry. Archie Alexander (1888–1958), governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands; Walter G. Alexander (1880–1953), first African-American to serve in the New Jersey Legislature; Aris T. Allen (1910–1991), chair of the Maryland Republican Party
Paula Jane Giddings (born 1947) is an American writer, historian, and civil rights activist.She is the author of When and Where I Enter: The Impact of Black Women on Race and Sex in America (1984), In Search of Sisterhood: Delta Sigma Theta and the Challenge of the Black Sorority Movement (1988) and Ida, A Sword Among Lions: Ida B. Wells and the Campaign Against Lynching (2008).
Frazier B. Baker was an African-American teacher who was appointed as postmaster of Lake City, South Carolina, in 1897 under the William McKinley administration. He and his infant daughter Julia Baker died at his house after being fatally shot during a white mob attack on February 22, 1898. The mob set the house on fire to force the family out.