Ida B. Wells display at the National Museum of African American History and Culture

Ida B. Wells display at the National Museum of African American History and Culture

 

 

In 1988, she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.^[77] In August that year, she was also inducted into the Chicago Women's Hall of Fame.^[78] 

 Molefi Kete Asante included Wells on his list of 100 Greatest African Americans in 2002.^[79] In 2011, Wells was inducted into the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame for her writings.^[80]
On February 1, 1990, the United States Postal Service issued a 25-cent postage stamp in her honor.^[81] 

In 2006, the Harvard Kennedy School commissioned a portrait of Wells.^[82] In 2007 the Ida B. Wells Association, was founded by University of Memphis philosophy graduate students to promote discussion of philosophical issues arising from the African American experience and to provide a context in which to mentor undergraduates. 

The Philosophy Department at the University of Memphis has sponsored the Ida B. Wells conference every year since 2007.^[83]

 In 1941, the Public Works Administration (PWA) built a Chicago Housing Authority public housing project in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the south side in Chicago; it was named the Ida B. Wells Homes in her honor. 

The buildings were demolished in August 2011 due to changing demographics and ideas about such housing.^[76]