Ida B. Wells 4E 85 - Memphis, Tennessee
Posted by: BruceS
N 35° 08.365 W 090° 03.062
15S E 768681 N 3892485
Historical marker commemorating an early civil rights leader and newspaper editor in Memphis.
Waymark Code: WM35J9
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 02/13/2008
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Ida B. Wells
1862 - 1931
Ida B. Wells crusaded against lynchings in Memphis and the South. In
1892 while editor of the Memphis Free Speech, located in this vicinity, she
wrote of the lynching of three Black businessmen. As a result, her
newspaper office was destroyed and her life threatened.
After moving to New York, she began an international speaking tour where
she influenced the establishment of the British Anti-Lynching Society. She
co-founded the NAACP in America and organized the first Black women's political
organization. A Chicago housing project is named in her honor. ~ text
of marker