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Ida B. Wells

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

An African American activist (1862–1931) whose work predated the Civil Rights movement; not appropriate as an example of twentieth-century Civil Rights activism.

AP course connection

Topic 3.6: 3.6 White Supremacist Violence and the Red Summer

Unit 3
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