Journalist and activist Ida B Wells in 1920. She campaigned for laws against lynching and sought to join the women’s suffrage movement, though the white movement leaders pushed her aside. (Chicago History Museum/Getty Images)
Journalist and activist Ida B Wells in 1920. She campaigned for laws against lynching and sought to join the women’s suffrage movement, though the white movement leaders pushed her aside. (Chicago History Museum/Getty Images)