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Ida B. Wells: How grassroots support and social media made a monumental difference in honoring her legacy

  • Written by Michelle Duster, Lecturer of Business Writing, Business and Entrepreneurship Department, Columbia College Chicago
Michelle Duster holding a portrait of her great-grandmother, Ida B. WellsAP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast

I learned at an early age that my great-grandmother, Ida B. Wells, was a force to be reckoned with.

Born a slave in Mississippi, she became a leading civil rights activist when she sued the Chesapeake, Ohio & Southwestern Railroad for...

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