Ida B. Wells (1862-1931) was an African-American woman, born into slavery, who became a leader in the early Civil Rights Movement. As an investigative journalist and speaker, she exposed injustice and the horrors of lynching in the American South during the Reconstruction Era. She was also one of the founders of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People). (Photo c1893)

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