Seth Perlman, Amr Alfiky/Associated Press, Chicago Anti-Violence Workers, 'Exposed To So Much Trauma,' Need Help, Illinois Gov. The board also awarded a special citation to Ida B. Wells co-founded the NAACP. Well's great-granddaughter Michelle Duster, and Ald. Wells. Paul Laurence Dunbar, Ida Wells-Barnett came, as you said, William Edward Burghardt Du Bois. Her genius was to be able to see something and draw new conclusions about it, such as lynching and so, her life, as you know, goes from the Civil War all the way to 1931, through the most tumultuous and important periods of history and she shapes, and is shaped by them. MARTIN: This is interesting to me because she did a number of really remarkable things. The Pulitzer Prize board awarded suffragist Ida B. "And there were all of these men that were coming up here who couldn't find a place to stay. Black women today occupy the most powerful seats of local government — at the city, state, and county levels. In an interview with NPR's All Things Consideredon Monday, ... Frederick Douglass worshiped there; Ida B. Is that right? In 1915, a man named Oscar DePriest became the city's first black alderman. But as she worked to mobilize women, she met opposition from two groups: white women, who still did not have the right to vote in all elections, and black men, who legally had full suffrage but still faced unfair voting taxes, literacy tests, and other roadblocks. MARTIN: She came from a remarkable family. She never loses hope, and this gives her another kind of energy always. The work she did paved the way for generations of black politicians, activists, and community leaders. It was estimated that maybe a thousand people witnessed this. An Atlanta school board panel recommended Tuesday that Henry W. Grady High School be renamed in honor of Ida B. The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record. Wells â the journalist and suffragist who spent the 1890s documenting lynching in the United States. Today, Ida B. Wells-Barnett is recognized for her outstanding courage in expanding opportunities for women of color in the suffrage movement, for her journalistic talent, and for efforts to raise awareness of the horrors of lynching. "The YMCA, the Young Men's Christian Association, did not welcome black men," says Michelle Duster, an author, educator and great-granddaughter of Ida B. Wells was the most famous black woman in America during her lifetime--but how did that happen? MARTIN: One of the curious things you point out is that she doesn't appear in some of the early accounts of the civil rights movement, despite her incredible prominence and the work that she did documenting these atrocities and her work as an organizer. After her relocation to Chicago in 1894, she worked tirelessly to advance the cause of black equality and black power. How did she develop her sense of outrage about this and how did she go about reporting on these issues... MARTIN: When people were terrified to talk? Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Ida B. JB Pritzker. But rather than lobby those organizations to become more inclusive, Wells believed Chicago's black community could collectively help itself. All rights reserved. hide caption. There were a couple of firsts in this year's announcement of the winners of the Pulitzer Prize. She has also certainly a much more radical idea about gender. Many of the values she brings around - understanding race and lynching, she brings to other progressive movements such as suffrage. Ms. GIDDINGS: Eliza Woods was a black woman who was accused of poisoning her mistress - the women who she worked for, a white woman. Wells â the journalist and suffragist who spent the 1890s documenting lynching in the United States. Wells and Booker T. Washington spoke there. Wells is in some ways a forgotten figure, overlooked even in black civil rights history. She, you know, doesn't really care so much about that, but what she is afraid of as she reads the telegraphs coming to her is that there's going to be a race war if she returns because black men have also vowed to protect her if she does return. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Illinois Lt. Gov. On the Arts and Letters side, author Colson Whitehead won his second Pulitzer for his novel, The Nickel Boys. Mayor Lori Lightfoot released a plan Tuesday that takes a long-term approach to solving the city's entrenched gun violence. Wells (Chicago, 1895). Wells became Ida B. Wells-Barnett. Ms. GIDDINGS: Absolutely. Sometimes there's support, but the story of white feminists and black feminists is a difficult one because white women were afraid that if black women were enfranchised, southern legislators would never pass a federal amendment. MARTIN: You talk about - and as I said, there is just no way that we can possibly get into the kind of richness of this narrative here, but she did something that was very difficult to do, which is that she started writing about the lynchings that had become epidemic in this period and the kind of, the narrative that people were used to seeing, by the mainstream white papers - it has to be said that this burly brute attacked a woman and received his just deserve from a mob who were only doing the right thing. Ms. GIDDINGS: This was though, quite tragic, for Ida because both of her parents died within 24 hours of one another in 1878. Ida B. And I'm tempted to ask is it because she was hard to get along with? Four children between 1896 and 1904. It was a brutal schedule, but one she felt was worth it. DuBois and others. We look at the life of Ida B. hide caption. The effort faced surprising resistance: a group of black people argued that creating a new kindergarten would make it more difficult for black children to be accepted at Armour. And so she says, you know, this is not worth it. The Pulitzer Prize board awarded suffragist Ida B. hide caption. MARTIN: And what was her radical idea about race? From New York then, she will write her famous editorial, "The Truth about Lynching," the first study of lynching, which will be published in the New York Age. Is that how you made the acquaintance of Ms. Ida B. Wells. "And so, her attitude was, 'Well since it doesn't exist, we'll create it ourselves.'". Wells housing development, where the crime took place, and both sixteen years old. So, in 1910, she created the Negro Fellowship League. Ida B. Wells continued to be an activist throughout the remainder of her career. To trace Wells' legacy and understand its impact today, we spoke with some of those leaders — including Wells' great-granddaughter. I talk about this in the book - of Wells when she hears this particularly, it really begins to - and she also understands that lynching is not about men and rape. "The men jeered at [the women] and told them they ought to be at home taking care of the babies," she writes. It's also about black women are being lynched as well, and this is important because this is one of the ways she disproves that lynching is always a consequence of rape. Tazewell Thompson's first ⦠Grady High School is currently named after a 19th-century newspaper editor who endorsed white supremacy. Wells a special citation for her reporting on lynching. MARTIN: She found out, for example, let's talk about the case of Eliza Woods (ph). In the early 1900s, a growing number of black people moved to Chicago from the South. I mentioned that she was born into slavery. A committee recommended re-naming the school after former journalist Ida B. It's the depth of the violence, and it's also the ability for someone to look at it squarely in the face and say no, but this can change. asked one anti-violence worker. Journalist and activist Ida B. Wells Award yearly in remembrance of her leadership, while the city of Chicago has plans to build a statue in her honor. Campaign signs near an early voting site in DuPage County. She just felt entitled to do as much as her experience said she was able to do and many disagreed. And she was right. Two years later, the husband of the white woman who was killed, he actually confesses to the crime of killing his own wife for which Eliza Woods was lynched. Wells and Booker ⦠Katherine Nagasawa/WBEZ In celebration of Black History Month, we honor trailblazer Ida B. Wells.She was a dogged investigative reporter and publisher who stood up ⦠In 1913, she founded the first suffragist organization for black women in Chicago, the Alpha Suffrage Club. Not just, you know, the civil rights leadership of the time who were often men, but also by women, the suffragist movement, which was largely led by white women. Ms. GIDDINGS: And you know she said I'm sure I'm the only women giving political speeches with a nursing baby in tow, because she believed in nursing. In celebration of Black History Month, we honor trailblazer Ida B. Wells.She was a dogged investigative reporter and publisher who stood up against racism and violence toward black Americans. She goes to the scenes of lynchings to find out about them. Wells Commemorative Arts Committee, a group co-chaired by Wellsâs great granddaughter Michelle Duster, started fundraising years ago, ⦠Wells is the subject of a new book, Ida: A Sword Among Lions. Starting Oct. 1, the city of Chicago will allow more capacity at bars and restaurants. But Wells and her group persisted. The choice of Ida B. Patrick Smith/WBEZ Born into slavery, she became a civil rights pioneer, a crusading journalist who documented atrocities against blacks at great personal risk. First off, it was done remotely because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. She said, but why are you lynching black women? Leaves for Philadelphia for AME Conference, and discovers before she comes home that she cannot return to Memphis. Charlene Scott, of member station WFCR, has the story behind an acclaimed theater director who decided to try his hand at writing. Wells' solution was to create a new kindergarten in a black church. How she became this activist at a time when it was very unusual for women of any race... Ms. GIDDINGS: That's right, and she was a Victorian. So she decided to do something about it.". News, author interviews, critics' picks and more. Ms. GIDDINGS: This is part of it, but this is not the most important part of it. In March of 1913, more than 5,000 women marched in Washington to fight for the right to vote. Part of the humiliation and the shame of it. Wells housing project is the square of plywood nailed over the 14th-floor window from which he was thrown to his death. hide caption. Ms. GIDDINGS: Because her story is so central to - not only race in this country, but also to the culture, the entire culture to the country and its relationship to race. Kind of a pill? She insisted on getting certified as a teacher the age of 16 so that she could keep all the siblings together. MARTIN: And also traveled on her speaking engagements with a nurse and often a baby in tow. He eventually had a business of his own and was quite successful. MARTIN: In researching this biography, is there something that surprised you that just knocked your socks off? Ms. GIDDINGS: Yes, well it's mixed. Forty years before Rosa Parks, she sued the railroads over segregated accommodations, and she was a wife and mother. 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