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Ida B. Wells

1862 - 1931

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Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (July 16, 1862 – March 25, 1931) was an American investigative journalist, sociologist, educator, and early leader in the civil rights movement. She was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Wells dedicated her career to combating prejudice and violence, and advocating for African-American equality—especially that of women. Throughout the 1890s, Wells documented lynching of African-Americans in the United States in articles and through pamphlets such as Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in all its Phases and The Red Record, which debunked the fallacy frequently voiced by whites at the time that all Black lynching victims were guilty of crimes. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ida B. Wells is the 4,220th most popular writer (down from 4,193rd in 2019), the 6,244th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,551st in 2019) and the 474th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Ida B. Wells ranks 4,220 out of 7,302. Before her are Ki no Tomonori, Sofia Yablonska, Isidore Isou, Camille Lemonnier, Daniel Varoujan, and Ruth Westheimer. After her are Tobias Wolff, Florbela Espanca, Christiane Rochefort, Félicien Marceau, Álvaro Cunqueiro, and Robert Ettinger.

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Among people born in 1862, Ida B. Wells ranks 114. Before her are Maironis, Meliton Balanchivadze, Milenko Radomar Vesnić, Hugo Erdmann, Edward Granville Browne, and Florence Bascom. After her are Robert Emden, Tomitaro Makino, Mirza Alakbar Sabir, Wilhelm Weinberg, Anastasios Metaxas, and Fernand Courty. Among people deceased in 1931, Ida B. Wells ranks 107. Before her are Milan Šufflay, Aleksander Skrzyński, Harald Høffding, Kálmán Kandó, Federico Tinoco Granados, and José Figueroa Alcorta. After her are Herbert Baddeley, Vladimir Triandafillov, Alice Pike Barney, Emiliano Figueroa, Konrad Stäheli, and William Orpen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ida B. Wells ranks 6,245 out of 20,380. Before her are Daniel Morgan (1736), Maurice Costello (1877), Steve Clark (1943), Frank Wykoff (1909), Anita Bryant (1940), and Kevin Schwantz (1964). After her are Tobias Wolff (1945), Jason Becker (1969), Kim Manners (1951), John Hopcroft (1939), Ron Silver (1946), and Dorothy Stang (1931).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Ida B. Wells ranks 474. Before her are Edna Ferber (1885), Robert G. Ingersoll (1833), James Redfield (1950), Theodore Roszak (1933), Francis Davis Millet (1848), and Thomas Berger (1924). After her are Tobias Wolff (1945), Robert Ettinger (1918), Glen A. Larson (1937), Marilynne Robinson (1943), Anne Tyler (1941), and Pauline Kael (1919).

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