Ida B. Wells-Barnett ( 1862 – 1931) was an African American woman who was an investigative journalist and a leader of the civil rights movement in America. She displayed the unjust treatment of the blacks and especially the lynching of black people at that racially divided time. She was one of the founders of the NAACP.
<u>The unique challenges she faced in fighting for the rights of African American women:
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- Her newspaper and press were destroyed by a white mob
- She was continually threatened to be killed so she had to move from Memphis to Chicago
- She had to face public disapproval for her fight in the women’s suffrage movement
One important advantage that primary soruces have over secondary sources is that primary sources offer a firsthand account of an event - b, which isn't the case with secondary sources. Although this leaves primary sources prone to being biased compared to secondary sources.
