In honor of Black History Month, 16 WAPT News is recognizing Mississippi trailblazers, including Ida B. Wells-Barnett.She was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi in 1862. Wells was born into slavery, ...

Before social media and live streaming, journalism was captured with a pen and paper, and printed in the local newspaper. Among those 20th century journalists was Ida B. Wells-Barnett, who took on the ...

Ida B. Wells and "The Strange Career" of a Political Pioneer of the Press: Communicating a Social Justice Crusade. Training the Pen: Ida B. Wells' Journalistic Efforts to Combat Emerging Jim-Crow Laws ...

New Coin Celebrates the Living Legacy of Ida B. Wells Hear from author Michelle Duster about her great-grandmother Ida B. Wells’ lifelong fight for equality. Writer and activist Ida B. Wells was ...

Today would have been the 163rd birthday of journalist and civil rights activist Ida B. Wells. I think about the defining journalism of Ida B. Wells most often when I find myself ensnared by the ...

ABILENE, Texas — Ida B. Wells was an educator, journalist, and feminist. She was born into slavery on July 16th, 1862, in Holly Springs, Mississippi. To support her siblings after her parents died ...

There’s a reason HBCUs are some of the most unique environments for Black students in our country. The support, love and consideration that many students receive at HBCUs are second to none. Dr.

To the editor: The signing of a federal anti-lynching law by President Biden is a momentous occasion, and The Times is right to acknowledge the long history that preceded the signing. But the piece ...

This is the second of four columns observing Black History Month. She used her pen to speak to the world. Frederick Douglass spoke these words to describe her, “Brave woman! You have done your people ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Wilson Outdoor Pool in Southwest Portland has been renamed in honor of the Black female journalist and civil rights advocate Ida B. Wells-Barnett. Until now the public pool ...

*(Los Angeles, CA) – The Los Angeles NAACP has named Dr. Gloria Zuurveen (pictured) as its Ida B. Wells-Barnett Journalism Award recipient during its 2015 Annual “Roy Wilkins Freedom Fund Awards Gala.