Monday, August 3, 2020

Legacy and honors



Ida Bell Wells-Barnett 
(July 16, 1862 – March 25, 1931


Legacy and honors

Ida B. Wells-Barnett House is a Chicago landmark and National Historic Landmark.
 
 
Awards have been established in her name by the National Association of Black Journalists,[68] the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University,[69] the Coordinating Council for Women in History,[70] the Investigative Fund,[71] the University of Louisville,[72] and the New York County Lawyers' Association,[73] among many others. 

The Ida B. Wells Memorial Foundation and the Ida B. Wells Museum have also been established to protect, preserve and promote Wells' legacy.[74] 

 In her hometown of Holly Springs, Mississippi, there is an Ida B. Wells-Barnett Museum in her honor that acts as a cultural center of African-American history.[75]
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