Ida B. Wells-Barnett (1862-1931) was an African-American journalist, civil rights activist, and suffragist. She was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi, and moved to Memphis, Tennessee, in 1883. Wells-Barnett was a prominent figure in the anti-lynching movement, and her investigative journalism exposed the horrors of lynching in the United States. She was also a leader in the women's suffrage movement, and she co-founded the National Association of Colored Women in 1896. Wells-Barnett was a prolific writer and speaker, and her work was instrumental in raising awareness of the injustices faced by African Americans. She was posthumously awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 2020 for her lifetime of work.
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