Ida B. Wells was an investigative journalist who documented lynching in America when few others would.
Her reporting, including the pamphlet Southern Horrors, put her life at risk and forced her to leave Memphis. She was a founding member of the NAACP and a champion of women’s suffrage.
Key Facts
- Lived: 1862 to 1931
- Published Southern Horrors in 1892
- Founding member of the NAACP
- Awarded a Pulitzer Prize special citation in 2020
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