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she was an African American journalist, newspaper editor and, with her husband, newspaper owner Ferdinand L. Barnett, an early leader in the Civil Rights Movement. She documented lynching in the United States, showing how it was often a way to control or punish blacks who competed with whites. She was active in the women's rights and the women's suffrage movement, establishing several notable women's organizations. Wells was a skilled and persuasive rhetorician, and traveled internationally on lecture tours.[1]

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What Ida Wells famous for?

Ida Well was a famous writer


Why was Ida Wells-Barnett famous?

Ida Wells Barnett was famous for her anti-lynching campaign and for refusing to give up her seat on a "whites only" train car.


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Ida B. Wells was born on 1862-07-16.


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Ida B. Wells was a great Women in History.


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