Ida B. Wells: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know | Heavy.com

Ida B. Wells-Barnett would have turned 153 on July 16. She was a writer and editor, a suffragist and an early leader in the civil rights movement.“We salute Ida B. Wells with a Doodle that commemorates her journalistic mettle and her unequivocal commitment to the advancement of civil liberties,” Google says.Wells-Barnett is also known for her rally cry, “The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.”

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