Ida B. Wells

Abstract
106Though Ida B. Wells died on March 25, 1931, the impact of her work in journalism, social service activism, and community organizing continues to be felt in the movement toward racial justice. Her legacy lives on in the specific stories, articles, and reports she wrote during her life. She was awarded a posthumous Pulitzer Prize Special Citation in 2020, the citation reads: To Ida B. Wells, for her outstanding and courageous reporting on the horrific and vicious violence against African-Americans during the era of lynching.