CHICAGO DEFENDER - Born a slave but emancipated during the Civil War, Ida B. Wells worked in Memphis, TN as a teacher. She began writing about segregation and inequality while working for the Memphis newspaper. Ida B. Wells eventually moved to Chicago, where she wrote about racism, inequality, women’s rights, and lynchings.| By Danielle Sanders, Interim Managing Editor Ida B. Wells: A Chicago Stories Special tells the story of the trailblazing investigative journalist, civil rights leader, and suffragist. Through interviews with her descendants and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, Ida B. Wells’s story is compelling and relevant as her life speaks to the current day. Born a […]
