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Name: Happy birthday, Ida B. Wells-Barnett! Born into slavery on July 16, 1862, Wells-Barnett was a pione
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Description: Happy birthday, Ida B. Wells-Barnett! Born into slavery on July 16, 1862, Wells-Barnett was a pioneering Black journalist, an activist for women’s rights and the suffrage movement, a founder of the N

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Happy birthday, Ida B. Wells-Barnett! Born into slavery on July 16, 1862, Wells-Barnett was a pioneering Black journalist, an activist for women’s rights and the suffrage movement, a founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and much more. We are grateful for her impact on investigative journalism.

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