"ONE HAD BETTER DIE FIGHTING AGAINST INJUSTICE THAN DIE LIKE A DOG OR A RAT IN A TRAP!" BORN INTO SLAVERY IDA B. WELLS REFUSED TO BE ENSLAVED. FORCED OFF A TRAIN BECAUSE SHE WOULD NOT GIVE UP HER SEAT TO A WHITE PASSENGER SHE FILED A LAWSUIT SUING THE TRAIN COMPANY. GAINING NOTARY DUE TO HER FEARLESSNESS SHE BEGAN WRITING FOR LOCAL NEWSPAPERS SHE BLASTED THE COWARDNESS OF SOUTHERN WHITE MAN WHO LYNCHED BLACK MEN. IN 1909 SHE WAS ONE OF OF THE TWO ONLY BLACK WOMEN TO SIGN "THE CALL" THAT FORMED THE NAACP. IN 1913 SHE MARCHED IN THE FIRST WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE MARCHED IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
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