Ida B. Wells was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi during the Civil War and roughly 6 months before the Emancipation Proclamation.
Ida B. Wells is Born
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African Studies 1109 – Black Women's Lives as the History of Africana Studies: 18th and 19th Century
Fall 2019 – Professors Casselberry & Chakkalakal
Ida B. Wells was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi during the Civil War and roughly 6 months before the Emancipation Proclamation.