

Who Was Ida B. Wells?
Author: Sarah Fabiny, Who HQ
Series: Who Was?
Narrator: Robin Eller
Unabridged: 1 hr
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Listening Library
Published: 06/02/2020
Synopsis
Born into slavery in 1862, Ida Bell Wells was freed as a result of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1865. Yet she could see how just how unjust the world was. This drove her to become a journalist and activist. Throughout her life, she fought against prejudice and for equality for African Americans. Ida B. Wells would go on to co-own a newspaper, write several books, help cofound the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and fight for women's right to vote.