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Chronicling America is a searchable digital collection of historic newspaper pages through 1963 sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.
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Also, see the Directory of U.S. Newspapers in American Libraries, a searchable index to newspapers published in the United States since 1690, which helps researchers identify what titles exist for a specific place and time, and how to access them.
“The facts have been so distorted that the people in the north and elsewhere do not realize the extent of the lynchings in south,” states Ida B. Wells in June of 1895. Wells works tirelessly to fight against lynching in the American South through newspapers, pamphlets, and speeches. A former school teacher, she is known for her work in both civil and women’s rights. Read more about it!
The information in this guide focuses on primary source materials found in the digitized historic newspapers from the digital collection Chronicling America.
The timeline below highlights important dates related to this topic and a section of this guide provides some suggested search strategies for further research in the collection.
| 1880-1900 | Ida B. Wells works for several newspapers, writing especially about racial discrimination and lynching in the South. |
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| 1893-1894 | Travels to Europe, speaking about lynching in the American South. |
| 1895 | Publishes A Red Record, a detailed account of lynching in the U.S. |
| 1895 | Marries Ferdinand Lee Barnett. |
| 1909 | Assists in founding NAACP but withdraws her membership. |
