Tag: Ida B. Wells
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Why I’m Collecting Black Dolls with Literary Lives
I have a confession to make. Since my move to Spain, I have started to acquire a collection of, wait for it, dolls. Barbie dolls, American Girl Dolls, and “dolls from foreign lands.” Most recently, I have become obsessed with finding Black dolls with a literary connection. As a former child who loved playing with…
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Ida B. Wells (Finally) Wins a Pulitzer Prize!
Hello Meltingpot Community, On Monday the Pulitzer Prizes – the Academy Awards of journalism – were announced and one particular award warmed my defiant Black journalist’s heart. Eighty-nine years after her death, Ida B. Wells received a special citation from the Pulitzer committee for her pioneering work in investigative reporting. More specifically, she was given…
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Ida B. Wells: Journalist & Activist
I think it goes without saying that I could not have a series on influential Black journalists and not talk about the original badass freedom fighter-writer, Ms. Ida B. Wells. Ida B. Wells the journalist, was a true crusader for justice who, like Frederick Douglass, understood the power of the press and used it to…
