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How Did Ida B Wells Impact Society

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Ida B Wells created a great impact on the world today and in the past in many ways. First of all, Ida B Wells was a brave African American/ civil rights activist. Not only was she an activist but she was also a founder of the “ National Association for the Advancement of colored people”, “ National Association of colored women’s club”, “Alpha suffrage club”, and the ”National Afro-American council. biography “ Ida B. Wells” it states, “ her service of time through the creation of myriad clubs and organizations improved the lives of her people. Her work in Chicago, in her final years, focused on providing for the needs of the city's African-American population.” Clearly she had the support of many people and she worked on making the lives of her people equal and better. Why would she need that support? Well, she had two missions that actually worked and a …show more content…

and the second one was to get the rights her people deserved. At the end of the day she was the most influential American because she helped the African Americans get the rights they deserve, she did everything in her power to stop lynching, and she was part of many influential organizations that she founded and that had a positive impact on the world. Ida had a positive impact on the world today because she helped create safer communities by writing newspaper articles to get people's attention. Knowing that she has goals and who she is, it is clearly shown how she is the most influential American because this person created goals for herself. One of those goals was to help her people get the rights they deserve. She had the support of the her people who never gave up on her, which gave her the motivation to never give because everything is possible. In the biography that I found, “ Ida B. Wells” , it also states, “Ida B. Wells-Barnett is sometimes referred to as the "Mother of the Civil Rights movement." She refused to be moved from the whites-only railway

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