Title | Wells-Barnett, Ida B. |
View | Formal 5 |
Series | I: Individuals and Groups |
Description | Ida B. Wells-Barnett, activist, journalist, teacher, and anti-lynching crusader. She is pictured wearing a button she created to publicize a memorial service for African American combatants court-martialed and hanged in Houston, Texas in the summer of 1917. The button's text reads "In Memoriam Martyred Negro Soldiers Dec. 11, 1917. |
Subject Terms | Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931 | African American soldiers | Activists | Journalists | Executions (Events) | Commemoratives |
Photographer | Webb Studio |
Photograph Date | 1917/1919 |
Physical Format | Photographic prints; 23.8 x 18.9 cm |
Location | Chicago, Illinois |
Collection | Wells, Ida B., Papers |
Repository | University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center |
Image Identifier | apf1-08641 |
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