has everyone seen the google doodle for today? honouring ida b. wells 153rd birthday

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Ida B. Wells
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ida Bell Wells-Barnett
Mary Garrity - Ida B. Wells-Barnett - Google Art Project - restoration crop.jpg
Born July 16, 1862
Holly Springs, Mississippi, U.S.
Died March 25, 1931 (aged 68)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Education Freedman's School, Rust College, Fisk University
Occupation Civil rights and women's rights activist
Spouse(s) Ferdinand L. Barnett
Parent(s) James Wells and Elizabeth "Izzy Bell" Warrenton

Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (July 16, 1862 – March 25, 1931), more commonly known as Ida B. Wells, was an African-American journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, sociologist, Georgist,[1] and an early leader in the Civil Rights Movement. She documented lynching in the United States, showing that it was often used as a way to control or punish blacks who competed with whites, rather than being based on criminal acts by blacks, as was usually claimed by white mobs.[2] She was active in 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.[3]

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_B._Wells

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1. Hey Niyad. I read this today,it's a very interesting

article:


http://pictorial.jezebel.com/ida-b-wells-anti-lynching-crusader-and-mother-of-inte-1718218301

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2. excellent find, and thank you so much for sharing. did you see the comics linked in the comments

section??

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3. No,I'll go back and look.nt

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4. let me know what you think.

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5. I'm posting them here:

Very,very powerful. I'm glad you read the comments.That "March on Washington" panel is painful.

[niyad]

6. thank you. I think these should be posted as their own op, so we can rec them!!