#idabwellsbarnett

[bearwithjetpack]

Many thanks to Jessica Spring @springtidepress and Chandler O’Leary @drawntheroad for this inspirational broadside this is a close up) from their Dead Feminists project @deadfeminists - - The heroine is Ida B. Wells (a former slave turned activist) and her message is “the way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.” I can’t help but think about how important it is to vote, no matter what or how, so we can collectively work towards “righting the wrongs” we’re experiencing everyday in our country. #turnthelightoftruthuponthem #idabwellsbarnett #votebidenharris2020 #votedemocrat2020 #deadfeminsts #letterpress #letterpressprinting #democracyinaction #protestposters #blm #blmmovement (at Orlando, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CD_kRGlBF3k/?igshid=1fujd748wsd10

[solinagalo]

Ida B Wells was one of the founders of the NAACP. She lived from 1862 to 1931. We still remember her today as someone who fought for civil rights. Are you fighting for civil rights? - #idabwells #idabwellsbarnett #civilrights#itsnotoveryet #keepfightingforwhatisright #istandwithyou #writeyourofficials #donatetoday #raiseawareness #tellblackstories #teachblackhistory #weareconnected #ifnotnowwhen #ifnotmethenwho #nowisthetime #whatwedotothewebwedotoourselves #bethechangeyouwanttosee #wecanmakeadifference https://www.instagram.com/p/CBCmEcPBCrj/?igshid=1isa1otfeny5u

[weehughie]

As true now as it was then... • • #astruenowasitwasthen #idabwells #idabwellsbarnett #thewaytorightwrongsistoturnthelightoftruthuponthem #nmaahc #nationalmuseumofafricanamericanhistoryandculture #civilrights #civilrightsmovement #naacp #africanamerican #africanamericanhistory #tuskegeeairmen #tuskegee #stearman #boeingstearman #ww2 #worldwar2 #history #culture #historyandculture #respect #smithsonian #smithsonianmuseum #smithsonianinstitution #washington #washingtondc #nationallmall (at Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture) https://www.instagram.com/p/B20_1a7BnzW/?igshid=g5ak4n7czfu7

[rabbisandra]

“The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.” ― Ida B. Wells-Barnett 💕 Seventy years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her sit on a bus to a white man and move to the back of the bus there was Ida B. Wells.Riding a train in 1884, she was asked by a conductor to move from her seat in the ladies' car to the smoking car. When she refused, it took three men to remove Wells from her seat. She immediately hired a lawyer to bring suit against the railroad, winning 500-dollars in damages. The decision was later overturned she spent the rest of her life fighting injustice.💕 I learned about Ida B. Wells when I started studying sociology she was a pioneer in the field of sociological research. She documented and advocated against the lynching of African Americans in the South. In order to make her case she conducted what may have been the first formal field studies of lynchings. She accumulated statistics on the frequencies of lynchings she discovered that occurrences of lynchings were not so much due to perceived or actual incidents of sexual interaction between black men and white American women, but to vast increases in the business activity and economic success of African Americans residing in or near communities where lynchings occurred. she stands as a pioneer figure in sociological research. Thank you Ida B. Wells-Barnet #blackhistorymonth . . . . . . . . . . . . #blackhistory #africanamericanhistory #idabwells #segregation #civilrights #justice #blackwomen #idabwellsbarnett #quote #inspiration #rosaparks #history

[sablesouls]

⚜️Ida B. Wells-Barnett ⚜️was a woman ahead of her time—courageous, independent, assertive, and outspoken. Born a slave, she later became the owner and editor of her own Southern newspaper, crusading at great personal risk against the illegal lynching of blacks and the injustice of segregation. Devoting herself to black progress and racial equality, she played a leading role in the black women’s club movement as well as the creation of national organizations. But her determination made her incapable of compromise with fellow black and white reformers who chose to take a more accommodating approach, and her influence waned within many of the same organizations that she had helped found. #sablesouls #blackhistory #idabwellsbarnett #idabwells #lynching #southern #newspaper #journalism #journalist #blackgirlmagic

[amymcools]

It was the great Ida Wells' birthday a few days ago, but just in case you missed it, I recently posted a little tribute for the occasion, with a list of links to great sources on her life, work, and ideas. https://ordinaryphilosophy.com/2016/07/16/happy-birthday-ida-b-wells/ #idabwells #idabwellsbarnett #historyofjournalism #blackhistory365