BLACK HISTORY MONTH. AND THIS MONTH, IDA B WELLS WILL BE FEATURED ON THE NEWEST U.S QUARTERS. ENTERING CIRCULATION. JOINING US LIVE THIS MORNING WITH MORE ON HER STORY. IS CELEBRITY HISTORIAN RAFI ...

In August 1894 it was rumored that Ida B. Wells, the celebrated black journalist, anti-lynching crusader and suffragist was coming to Santa Cruz! Her news articles and booklets were hard-hitting. Her ...

The prominent Black female figures are among the United States Mint’s honorees for the 2025 American Women Quarters Program, which is in its fourth and final year. The faces of two prominent Black ...

As a relative of Susan B. Anthony, I have spent much of my life reflecting on the power of stories that reveal struggles and celebrate the triumphs and progress that inspire future generations. As ...

New Coin Celebrates the Living Legacy of Ida B. Wells Hear from author Michelle Duster about her great-grandmother Ida B. Wells’ lifelong fight for equality. Writer and activist Ida B. Wells was ...

In Chicago, the light of truth shines. That’s the message of a new documentary that ties two great Black lives and the truths they illuminated. Richard Hunt, who passed away in December at 88, was ...

Today would have been the 163rd birthday of journalist and civil rights activist Ida B. Wells. I think about the defining journalism of Ida B. Wells most often when I find myself ensnared by the ...

The Fourth of July should celebrate those who fought to make America’s promises real. Few embodied that fight more fully than Ida B. Wells. Born into slavery in Mississippi in 1862, Wells rose to ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Congress Parkway had been rechristened Ida B. Wells Drive several months ago, but seeing the new street signs go up on the busy thoroughfare was still emotional for her descendants.

The faces of two prominent Black women in American history will appear on coins in 2025. Ida B. Wells and Althea Gibson are among The United States Mint’s honorees for the 2025 American Women Quarters ...