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Ida B. Wells

American journalist and civil rights activist (1862–1931).

Born July 16th, 1862 in Holly Springs.

Died March 25th, 1931 at 68 years old in Chicago (uremia).

Occupations
human rights defender, journalist, newspaperperson, sociologist, suffragist, writer
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