Ida B. Wells pushed 7 presidents to pass anti-lynching legislation. Now it’s finally law.
Ida B. Wells was an African American journalist and activist who led an anti-lynching…
By Becky Little | History Journalist Ida B. Wells was already out of town when she…
By Bené Viera | TIMELINE ne day in September of 1883, a 20-year old Ida B. Wells sat…
D.L. Chandler | blAck americaweb.com Ida B. Wells is most known for her crusade against…
By James Ford | Patheos Ida B. Wells was born a slave in Holly Springs, Mississippi, on…
Ibram X. Kendi | The Paris Review The dispute lasted for more than a year between…
The Buffalo Soldiers were sent to the Philippines as reinforcements. BY FRANK DROUZAS,…
During Jim Crow St. Petersburg, Mercy Hospital was the only hospital that would serve…
Gwendolyn Reese, president of the African American Heritage Association of St. Petersburg…
The St. Petersburg Metropolitan Section of the National Council of Negro Women’s 35th…
by Keisha Bell Have you ever noticed that “racism” is a topic that many want…
Teenager Jesse Washington was lynched and burned in Waco, Texas, on May 15, 1916. By…
By Michelle Duster | Essence Countless women fought for over 70 years for the women’s…
The lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith in Marion, Ind., 1930 BY JACQUELINE…
Spelman College (1881) BY JACQUELINE HUBBARD, ASALH, President The overwhelming majority…
Congresswoman Frederica Wilson By Dr. Yvonne Scruggs-Leftwich Black women icons,…