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Birth
Born in slave in Holly Springs, Mississppi -
Mother and Father Death
Wells parents died from yellow fever and had to take on responsiblity and take care of her whole family all at the age 16. -
Wells Migrates To Memphis
Idas' Aunt invites her to move to Memphis. -
Get Off The Train Ida
Wells purchased a first-class train ticket for a trip to Nashville, Tennessee. Her intentions was to reuturn to Nashville to get to Fisk University where she was attending school. -
I Find The Defendent...
In the circuit court case (train inccident) she won $500 by was overturned by the Tennessee Supreme Court. -
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Touring Overseas
Lectured abroad to drum up support for her cause among the reformed whites. Took her anti- lynching campaign overseas to England, Scotland, and Wales for two months giving speeches and meeting leaders -
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Marriage For Wells
Ida B. Wells Married in Chicago to Newspaper Owner and Early Civil Rights Movement Leader Ferdinand L. Barnett -
Woman's Suffrage Parade
Marched in the Woman Suffrage Parade in Washington D.C. and met with President Mckinley about the lynchings in South Carolina -
Illinois Senate
Wells was one of the first woman to run for the state senate. Se did not win. -
Good-Bye Ida
Unfortunately Wells Died due kidney disease.
