Hear from author Michelle Duster about her great-grandmother Ida B. Wells’ lifelong fight for equality. Writer and activist ...

Journalist and activist Ida B. Wells rose to national attention with her anti-lynching campaign, and spent the rest of her life fighting for the rights of Black Americans and women. Wells was born ...

Ida B. Wells is now on the back of the quarter. Freshly minted and released into circulation on Jan 2, 2025. Read more on ...

If you value our coverage and want to support more of it, please join us as a member. Ida B. Wells is the 16th woman recognized on the US quarter. (image by and courtesy the US Mint) A pioneering ...

The U.S. Mint has unveiled designs for quarters featuring important women in history, including journalist Ida B. Wells and tennis player Althea Gibson. The designs are part of the final series of ...

Paula J. Giddings, Ida: A Sword Among Lions: Ida B. Wells and the Campaign Against Lynching (Amistad Press, 2009). Mia Bay, To Tell the Truth Freely: The Life of Ida B. Wells (Hill and Wang ...