Wells’ great-granddaughter, author and public historian Michelle Duster, told theGrio why the pioneering journalist and activist is an ideal new addition to Barbie’s Inspiring Women Series This coming ...

Famed 19th-century journalist Ida B. Wells reported the truth, even when it brought persecution. The early witnesses to the ...

Barbie is honoring journalist and activist Ida B. Wells by creating a new doll in her image as part of the company's "Inspiring Women series." The doll features Wells in a black dress and holding a ...

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 ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Congress Parkway had been rechristened Ida B. Wells Drive several months ago, but seeing the new street signs go up on the busy thoroughfare was still emotional for her descendants.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Parents and community members say a decision to close Ida B. Wells Academy will be a significant loss for youth and the City of Memphis. The Memphis-Shelby County Schools board ...

MEMPHIS — First Baptist Beale Street Church is to many a sacred ground. It’s not only a church, but it’s also where Ida B. Wells made history as a civil rights activist and journalist. Reverend L.

When Michelle Duster — author, historian, public speaker and great-granddaughter of famed Black journalist and activist Ida B. Wells — learned that a school named after Woodrow Wilson in Southwest ...

BLACK HISTORY MONTH. AND THIS MONTH, IDA B WELLS WILL BE FEATURED ON THE NEWEST U.S QUARTERS. ENTERING CIRCULATION. JOINING US LIVE THIS MORNING WITH MORE ON HER STORY. IS CELEBRITY HISTORIAN RAFI ...