This Week In Illinois History: Remembering Ida B. Wells (March 25, 1931)

from This Week in Illinois History · host Clint Cargile

On March 25, 1931, Illinois, and the nation, mourned the loss of suffragist and civil rights icon Ida B. Wells. But before she became a crusader for women’s rights, Wells came to national attention as a crusader against lynchings of African Americans in the South.

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