African Americans APUSH DAP
Ida B. Wells, Booker T. Washington, Henry McNeal Turner, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Frances E. W. Harper each presented different
strategies for African Americans of the late 1800s and early 1900s, all of which worked towards the goal of full and equal
manhood for all African Americans. When these i....
Ida B. Wells
Ida B. Wells has been described as a crusader for justice, and as a defender of democracy. Wells was characterized as a militant and uncompromising leader for her efforts to abolish lynching and establish racial equality. Wells challenged segregation decades before Rosa Parks, ran for Congress and a....
Ida B. Wells Barnett
Ida B. Wells, (July 16, 1862 ¨C March 25, 1931), later known as Ida Wells-Barnett, was an African American civil rights advocate, and led a strong cause against lynching. She was a fearless anti-lynching crusader, suffragist, women's rights advocate, journalist and speaker.
Wells was born in Hol....
Lynching
Lynching is the process of putting people to death by hanging via mob action without legal sanction or due process of law. Current studies have shown that lynching is no longer present in the United States. However, lynching played an infamous role that generated change in American history, and alth....
Women in the Progressive Era
In the 1890s, American women emerged as a major force for social reform. Millions joined civic organizations and extended their roles from domestic duties to concerns about their communities and environments. In the years between 1890 and 1920, a time of social changes, that became known as the Prog....