Ida B WellsBarnett. Born Holly Springs, MississippiThe daughter of former slaves, Ida B. Wells sued the Chesapeake, Ohio, and Southwestern Railway in 1883 after being dragged from her seat for refusing to move to a segregated railcar.

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