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Tag: Ida B. Wells

Literature Poetry

Ida B. Wells

Elaine Blanchard July 14, 2022 Downtown MemphisIda B. WellsIda B. Wells statuepoetrypublic art

Ida B. Wells She’s small, standing in her full skirt Between the music of Beale and the bells of the Baptist church. Ida B Wells,…

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Literature

Speaking Ida’s Truth for a New Generation: Interview with Michelle Duster

Julie Danielson February 14, 2022 Book ReviewChapter16Ida B. WellsJulie DanielsonMichelle Duster

Michelle Duster writes a children’s book about her great-grandmother, Ida B. Wells By Julie Danielson, originally published on Chapter 16 on February10, 2022 The work of…

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Literature Poetry

Penning, Printing and Pressing On: The Ida B. Wells Statue

Jeanine Jones February 10, 2022 Downtown MemphisIda B. Wellspoetrypublic art

This article originally appeared in Volume I, Issue I of StoryBoard Memphis Quarterly in November 2021, page 22-23. Penning, Printing and Pressing On There’s nothing civil about…

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History

Ida B. Wells presence in Memphis

StoryBoard News Board July 16, 2021 Ida B. WellsJimmy Ogle

Courtesy of our good friend Jimmy Ogle: With the July 16 ceremony unveiling the bronze statue in her likeness, Ida B. Wells reclaims her place…

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Statue Unveiled: Ida B. Wells reclaims her place on Beale Street

Mark Fleischer July 16, 2021 Ida B. WellsIda B. Wells PlazaIda B. Wells statue

Ida B. Wells Day today: Statue is unveiled at Beale and Fourth, capping a week and a day of celebration, education, reflection “We present you,…

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History Literature

The Light of Truth

Chapter16 Community February 4, 2021 Chapter16Ida B. Wells

Michelle Duster delivers an intimate biography of Ida B. Wells By Kashif Andrew Graham, for Chapter16.org Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy…

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History

What I Thought I Knew

Mark Scott January 8, 2020 Civil Rights MovementDr. Martin Luther King Jr.Gilder Lehrman Institute of American HistoryIda B. WellsMemphis History

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES By Mark Scott Memphis, I need to talk. Because after 32 years as a high school teacher in Memphis I thought I knew most, if not…

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