From fighting racist policies in federal court, to risking her life investigating lynching in the south, to raising her 5 siblings on her own when she was only 16, there's really nothing Ida B. Wells couldn't do.

In todays episode of The Z Files I cover the long list of accomplishments held by Ida B. Wells. 

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How one journalist risked her life to hold murderers accountable - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fygjGXnaV9w 

Ida B. Wells | Activist for African-American Justice | Biography - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f7TUBvbgrI

Ida B. Wells Biography - https://www.biography.com/activist/ida-b-wells

Ida B. Wells-Barnett - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ida-B-Wells-Barnett

Ida B Wells: the unsung heroine of the civil rights movement - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/27/ida-b-wells-civil-rights-movement-reporter