Welcome to the liturgist podcast.

You are now listening to Black History is American History.

I'm William Matthews.

And propaganda.

I'm Nikki Black.

And I'm Ajahnri.

Today's moment in Black History, Ida B. Wells.

Ida B. Wells, Barnett, was born in July of 1862.

And she was an African-American investigative journalist.

She was an educator and an early leader in the Civil Rights Movement.

She was one of the founders of the NAACP, which

is a national association for the advancement of colored people.

She arguably became the most famous Black woman in America

or infamous during a life that was centered on combating

prejudice and violence, who fought for equality for African-Americans,

especially women.

Born into slavery in Holly Springs, Mississippi, Wells

was freed by the emancipation proclamation

during the American Civil War.

At the age of 16, she lost both of her parents

and her infant brother in the 1878 Yellow Fever epidemic.

She went to work and kept the rest of the family

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