When Ida B. Wells was just 21 years old, authorities kicked her off a train for sitting in the all-white “ladies’ car.” She sued. She wrote about the experience in her local church newspaper. “I felt ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Michelle Duster about her new biography of her great grandmother, Ida B. Wells, Ida B. the Queen: The... Michelle Duster Reflects On Life Of Great Grandmother Ida B.

New Coin Celebrates the Living Legacy of Ida B. Wells Hear from author Michelle Duster about her great-grandmother Ida B. Wells’ lifelong fight for equality. Writer and activist Ida B. Wells was ...

Michelle Duster, great-granddaughter of Ida B. Wells, will visit Wheaton Public Library on Monday, Oct. 24, for a presentation about the work and legacy of Ida B. Wells and the multigenerational ...

Duster is the author of the forthcoming book Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells Your browser is out of date. Please update your ...

Ida B. Wells, journalist and activist famous for launching an anti-lynching campaign, will have her legacy honored with a new signature Barbie doll. Born into slavery, Wells would go on to become an ...

Ida B. Wells was many things - journalist, civil rights leader, mother, dangerous Negro agitator. That last one is courtesy of the FBI. The bureau created a file on Wells more than a century ago. It ...

Michelle Duster is an educator, public historian, and activist whose advocacy has led to street names, monuments, historical markers, and other public history projects that add to the representation ...