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WorksheetsIda B. Wells
Total questions: 7
Worksheet time: 7mins
What is lynching?
A mob killing someone without trial
Hanging someone
How African Americans were controlled or punished
A mob killing someone
What organization did Ida B. Wells co-found?
National Advancement of African Americans
National Association of Women
Alcoholics Anonymous
National Association for the advancement of Colored People
What books did Wells write?
The Damage of Lynching
Southern Horrors
The Red Record
Unjust Justice
Where was she born?
Jackson, Mississippi
Holly Springs, Mississippi
Vicksburg, Mississippi
Natchez, Mississippi
What moniker did she write under?
Iola
I.B. Wells
Lola
Señor Cruz
Why do you think Ida B. Wells was important?
Why was she controversial?
Challenged notions of white supremacy
Kept her maiden name
Spread awareness on the horrors of lynching
Was an African American woman
Married Ferdinand Barnett
