Ida B. Wells starts to tell the story of her life. From It’s Her Story: Ida B. Wells, written by Anastasia Magloire Williams, illustrated by Alleanna Harris, and published by Sunbird Books.
Ida B. Wells says, “We'll start at the beginning, in 1862. I was born into slavery in Holly Springs, Mississippi. The Civil War was raging, but change was coming for millions of Black Americans in Confederate states like mine. President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation!”
Ida B. Wells says, “Over the decades, I would write and publish hundreds of articles and many books on lynching, segregation, and law. I even helped push an anti-lynching bill before Congress in 1922!”
Ida B. Wells smiles and sits at her typewriter. From It’s Her Story: Ida B. Wells, written by Anastasia Magloire Williams, illustrated by Alleanna Harris, and published by Sunbird Books.
I thought it was the perfect time to share some illustrations of the legendary Ida B. Wells! Ida Bell Wells-Barnett was a prolific African-American investigative journalist, civil rights activist, and women’s suffragist who led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s. #bhm
