Wells,Ida Bell

Wells,Ida Bell
Wells, Ida Bell. 1862-1931.
American journalist and reformer who campaigned nationwide against lynching and founded the Negro Fellowship League in 1910.

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  • Wells-Barnett, Ida Bell — ▪ American journalist and social reformer née  Ida Bell Wells  born July 16, 1862, Holly Springs, Miss., U.S. died March 25, 1931, Chicago, Ill.  African American journalist who led an antilynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s.… …   Universalium

  • Wells, Ida B(ell) — or Ida Bell Wells Barnett born July 16, 1862, Holly Springs, Miss., U.S. died March 25, 1931, Chicago, Ill. U.S. journalist and antilynching crusader. The daughter of slaves, she was educated at a freedmen s school in Holly Springs and later at… …   Universalium

  • Wells, Ida B(ell) — o Ida Bell Wells Barnett (16 jul. 1862, Holly Springs, Miss., EE.UU.–25 mar. 1931, Chicago, Ill.). Periodista estadounidense y activista contra los linchamientos. Hija de esclavos, se educó en una escuela de libertos en Holly Springs y más… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Ida B. Wells-Barnett — 1897 Ida Bell Wells (später Ida Bell Wells Barnett, * 16. Juli 1862 in Holly Springs, Mississippi; † 25. März 1931 in Chicago, Illinois) war eine US amerikanische Journalistin sowie Bürger …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Ida Wells — Ida B. Wells Barnett 1897 Ida Bell Wells (später Ida Bell Wells Barnett, * 16. Juli 1862 in Holly Springs, Mississippi; † 25. März 1931 in Chicago, Illinois) war eine US amerikanische Journalistin sowie Bürger …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Wells — /welz/, n. 1. Henry, 1805 78, U.S. businessman: pioneered in banking, stagecoach services, and express shipping. 2. H(erbert) G(eorge), 1866 1946, English novelist and historian. 3. Horace, 1815 48, U.S. dentist: pioneered use of nitrous oxide as …   Universalium

  • bell — bell1 bell less, adj. /bel/, n. 1. a hollow instrument of cast metal, typically cup shaped with a flaring mouth, suspended from the vertex and rung by the strokes of a clapper, hammer, or the like. 2. the stroke or sound of such an instrument: We …   Universalium

  • Bell — /bel/, n. 1. Acton /ak teuhn/, pen name of Anne Brontë. 2. Alexander Graham, 1847 1922, U.S. scientist, born in Scotland: inventor of the telephone. 3. (Arthur) Clive (Howard), 1881 1964, English critic of literature and art. 4. Currer /kerr… …   Universalium

  • Ida — /uy deuh/, n. 1. Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 ft. (1771 m). Turkish, Kazdag. 2. Modern, Mount Psiloriti. the highest mountain in Crete. 8058 ft. (2456 m). 3. a female given name: from a Germanic word… …   Universalium

  • IDA — International Development Association. * * * (as used in expressions) Ida Kaufman Ida Mount Tarbell Ida Minerva Wells Ida Bell Ida Bell Wells Barnett * * * ▪ king of Bernicia died 559       first recorded king of Bernicia (from 547), soon after… …   Universalium

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