Sharon Gibson MorganDec 24, 2022

Journalist & suffragette Ida B. Wells-Barnett was a founding member of the NAACP. She was known for her tireless crusade against lynching.

After the lynching of her friend, Tommie Moss, https://tinyl.io/7Zwg, Wells-Barnett investigated the causes of lynching.

Her writings on white mob violence resulted in her Memphis, TN newspaper being torched; she moved to Chicago afterward. https://tinyl.io/7Zwi

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March 9, 1892: The People’s Grocery Lynchings - Zinn Education Project

A white mob seized three African American business men in Memphis and lynched them without trial.

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@SharonGibson3 She is my she-ro. When I feel discouraged in my activism, I remember her courage and persistence, take a deep breath, and push on.
Dec 24, 2022 at 12:51amWeb