"The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them."
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No One Puts Ida In The Corner
Also a fervent supporter of women's rights, Wells organized a group of Black suffragists to join the 1913 women's parade in Washington DC (led by Alice Paul), only to be told that Black marchers had to walk at the rear of the procession instead of with their white state delegates. Wells ignored their orders, waiting with her group on the sidewalk until her state came along and then joining in right alongside them.
Bibliography: Adams, Ebony and Anita Sarkeesian. History vs. Women: The Defiant Lives That They Don't Want You To Know. New York: Feiwel and Friends, 2018. Print.
(2020, May 4). Pulitzer Prize: 2020 Winners List. New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/04/business/media/pulitzer-prize-winners.html?searchResultPosition=2
Dickerson, Caitlin. (2018). Ida B. Wells. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/obituaries/overlooked-ida-b-wells.html
(2020, May 4). Pulitzer Prize: 2020 Winners List. New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/04/business/media/pulitzer-prize-winners.html?searchResultPosition=2
Dickerson, Caitlin. (2018). Ida B. Wells. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/obituaries/overlooked-ida-b-wells.html
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