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American journalist and civil rights activist (1862–1931)
Also known as: Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Ida Bell Wells, Ida Bell Wells-Barnett, Ida Wells, Ida Wells-Barnett, Ида Б. Уэллс
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- Light of Truth
- The Memphis diary of Ida B. Wells (1995)
- Southern horrors and other writings (1997)
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- Crusade for justice (1970)