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Ida B. Wells: Crusader For Human Rights

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Black and white photo with a bird's eye view of a crowd of people facing camera. Caption. She is a precursor of grassroots leadership.

Ida B. Wells walked the long road from slavery to freedom and equality. She rose to challenge and strongly condemns American lynching in the South. Her work as teacher, journalist, and human rights activist brought worldwide attention to this brutality. She was a community organizer and grassroots leader who was a precursor of the modern civil rights movement.

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Runtime: 19 minutes 16 seconds

Topic: Biographies, History, Social Science
Subtopic: African-Americans, Civil Rights, Wells, Ida B., Women
Grade/Interest Level: 6 - 12
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Release Year: 1993
Producer/Distributor: TMW Media Group
Series: The Black American Experience
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Black and white photo of a mule standing in front of a barn and a log cabin. Caption. Soon after she started classes, her family's only mule died.

Black and white photo of a woman in a plaid cape talking into a microphone. A man films her from behind. Another man smiles with one hand raised in the background. Caption. This often met criticism, but she didn't back down.

Black and white photo with a bird's eye view of a crowd of people facing camera. Caption. She is a precursor of grassroots leadership.

Black and white photo of a man in uniform grabbing another individual by the arm and raising a hand to hit them. Caption. Fannie Lou as narrator. We have to realize just how grave the problem is.

Black and white photograph of a group of men and one woman sitting in a circle. Some look down at papers in their laps or gesture to one another. Caption. Unless all Black people were free.

Black and white photograph of a large group of doctors standing around patient in a hospital bed. Dr. Charles R. Drew (1904-1950) who served as head of the Department of Surgery, reviews patient case Caption: and resident in surgery at Freedmen's Hospital.

Closeup of an album spread with handprints above a signature on the left. On the opposite side a photo of a man holding a dog is inscribed, "Chester B. Himes, writer." Caption. Chester Himes fought back with talent.

Black and white photo of rows of people crowded into a building. Caption. At the local courthouse, sometimes bringing his son.