Ida B. Wells built her movement out of everyone willing to carry the truth. These are the advocates doing that work today, influential voices in journalism, justice, education, and the arts who keep her fight alive.
Meet the AdvocatesWe are building a circle of leaders who embody Ida's fearless commitment to truth. Their names, their work, and their voices help carry this movement, and her legacy, into a new generation.
Michelle Duster has spent more than three decades preserving Black history and elevating the contributions of African Americans and women. She has written, edited, or contributed to more than twenty books, with work appearing in TIME, Ms., Essence, and beyond. Through monuments, murals, markers, and public history projects, she keeps her great-grandmother's fight for truth visible in the public square, carrying Ida's legacy into a new generation.
Visit mldwrites.com »This advocate's profile will be announced here soon. We are honored to be welcoming more voices in journalism and the free press to the circle, leaders who embody Ida's fearless commitment to the truth.
Profile coming soonThis advocate's profile will be announced here soon. We are honored to be welcoming leaders in civil rights and justice to the circle, voices who continue the fight Ida gave her life to.
Profile coming soonThis advocate's profile will be announced here soon. We are honored to be welcoming educators and artists to the circle, storytellers who keep Ida's legacy alive for a new generation.
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