She was born a slave in Holly Springs, Mississippi, on July 16th 1862, which was about six months before Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed all of the slaves. Her father, James, worked as a carpenter and her mother, Elizabeth, was a cook. She was born one of eight children and was brought up interested in politics and to get a good education. James Wells was on the Board of Trustees at Rust College, which was a freedmen's school. At the same school Ida received her basic education and where young Ida recieved her passion to read. She eventually furthered her education at Fisk University so she could become a teacher. At age sixteen her mother, father and some of her brothers and sisters died of a tragic yellow fever outbreak when she was in another town visiting relatives. At that young age she began to raise her remaining brothers and sisters and supported them by changing her appearance to look 18 and received a teaching job.
The time that Ida B. Wells lived in was very hard and troubling for African Americans. She was growing up during the civil war and had to deal with segregation in things such as trains and even sidewalks. But a lot of good came during that time to, such as the 14th amendment which made all people born or naturalized official US citizens which made most African Americans citizens and gave them rights. Although racism was all too common, Ida learned to zone it out and use it as motivation for her eternal battle for civil rights.
Ida wrote many things, as a journalist but most of them reflected on her passion to end segregation and violence inflicted on African Americans. Her newspaper articles told about lynching, which is a mob beating or hanging a person as a vigilante effort. They also told about how the violence against African Americans was unjust and wrong. She also wrote an autobiography of her life starting when she was just a little child until the weeks before she died.
Fellow African-Americans and Friends We are gathered here on this earth as one. A crucial element in today's society is in the struggle of African-Americans for equal treatment under the law. In fact, a well-known fighter for the rights of all human beings is Ms. Ida B. Wells-Barnet...
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SECTION 1 - Short Answer 1) Ida B. Wells maintained her anti-lynching campaign throughout her life despite her constant fear of death by her oppressors. When the entire passage is taken into context, it explains her actions and the amazing courage that she possessed. "I felt that one had better d...
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