USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -She launched a campaign to publicize the horrors of lynching and began writing and lecturing about it across the country. She wrote two pamphlets, entitled A Red Record: Lynchings in the United States and Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases .

Detailed explanation-2: -She was a vocal critic of the condition of segregated schools in the city, and was fired from her job in 1891 because of her criticism. In 1892, Wells turned her attention to anti-lynching after a friend and two of his business associates were murdered.

Detailed explanation-3: -Wells, who was born a slave in Holly Springs, Mississippi, in 1862, was a prolific investigative journalist and suffragist who campaigned tirelessly for anti-lynching legislation. Her activism began in 1884, when she refused to give up her train car seat, leading to a successful lawsuit against the train company.

Detailed explanation-4: -Civil rights campaign in Chicago In Chicago, Ida Wells first attacked the exclusion of Black people from the Chicago World’s Fair, writing a pamphlet sponsored by Frederick Douglas and others. She continued her anti-lynching campaign and began to work tirelessly against segregation and for women’s suffrage.