Ida B. Wells: Discovering History’s Heroes

Diane Bailey’s book profiles Ida B. Wells, an African-American journalist and activist who campaigned against lynching in the United States during the 1890s. It recounts a May 1884 journey by train between Memphis and Nashville, when staff ordered Wells—despite her first-class ticket—to leave her car for the one designated for African Americans. That experience became a turning point in her life.