Ida B Wells

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🗓️ 20 February 2019

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (July 16, 1862 – March 25, 1931), more commonly known as Ida B. Wells, was an African-American investigative journalist, educator, and an early leader in the Civil Rights Movement. She was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).^[1] She arguably became the most famous black woman in America, during a life that was centered on combating prejudice and violence.^[2]

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0:00.0	Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. I will keep this brief. I would like to offer my sincere
0:12.8	apology for the introduction. I performed to episode 97 of the Citation Needed podcast
0:20.1	about civil rights activist Ida B. Wells. I am not proud of what I did, but I plan to move
0:26.9	forward as a better podcaster and a better man. Thank you. Mr. Bosnick. Mr. Bosnick. Is it true
0:35.8	that you managed to put blackface on your whole cast without their consent? I did. Yes, my castmates
0:42.0	are all heavy sleepers. And so, you know, when opportunity knocks. Mr. Bosnick, will you be retiring
0:50.4	from podcasting? No, no. I feel as though that would be the easy way out. Instead, I hope to move
0:56.7	forward as a new man with the same job who hopes to be better. Mr. Bosnick, New York Times,
1:06.1	you're in blackface right now. I am. It appears I am. Is that what that is? Right now. Wow. I cannot
1:16.2	emphasize enough how much I have got your fucking job. You racist piece of shit. No, no, thank you.
1:27.0	Hello and welcome to Citation Needed, the podcast where we choose a subject. Read a single article
1:50.2	about it on Wikipedia and pretend we're experts because this is the internet and that's how it works
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