Podcast # 8 Ida B. Wells-Barnett: No More Lynching
In the days after the civil war, black people in America awoke to newfound freedom. In the coming years, they would realize they were anything but free. The United States government began pulling back Union troops. Those put in place to protect them. The laws set up during reconstruction to protect them went unenforced. Former confederates gained power back in local governments. Lynching was the law of the land. The reality was grim.
Enter Ida B. Wells Barnett. Fierce and anti-lynching crusader. With her towering courage, she has a place as one of histori’s most uncompromising leaders and greatest defenders of democracy. Ida B. Wells used the power of investigative journalism to bring the darkness of lynching into the light. She refused to be silent about Jim Crow. Refused to be silent about American terrorism. Refused to be silent about the failings of democracy.
SHOW HIGHLIGHTS
Who was Ida B. Wells?
How did Ida B. Wells respond to the lynching of her friends?
What resulted from Ida’s newspaper articles?
The grotesque horrors of lynching.
The failing of American law and democracy.
Her anti-lynching crusade.
Seeing Lynchings, J.R. MOEHRINGER | L.A TIMES
The Peoples Grocery Store Lynchings | Jstore Daily
Lyching in America, Confronting the Legacy of Racial Terror | Time
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