Ida B. Wells

Ida B. Wells was a journalist who refused to accept silence as safety. After close friends were lynched, she began investigating racial violence, uncovering the lies used to justify lynching in America. Her reporting exposed how accusations were fabricated to maintain white supremacy and economic control.

Publishing these truths made her a target. Her newspaper office was destroyed, and her life was constantly threatened. Still, Wells continued her work nationally and internationally, forcing global attention on American racial terror.

Wells was also a suffragist and civil rights organizer who believed justice must be rooted in facts. Her legacy shows that truth, when documented and defended, becomes a powerful form of resistance.