IDA B Wells Puzzle

IDA B Wells was African American investigative journalist, civil rights activist, and an early leader in the Civil Rights Movement.

Born in Holly Springs, Mississippi, in 1862, she pioneered the fight against racism and social injustice. Wells was an outspoken critic of the lynching of African Americans in the United States and a key advocate for African American civil rights. Wells was a crucial figure in the anti-lynching crusade, traveling around the country to investigate cases of lynching and publicizing her findings in her writings. She wrote several articles and pamphlets, most notably Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases (1892).
She also wrote pamphlets titled A Red Record (1895) and Mob Rule in New Orleans (1900). Wells was also a vocal critic of the Jim Crow laws, which enforced racial segregation in the United States. In addition to her work as a journalist, Wells was an active participant in the civil rights movement. She was a founding member of

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