Portrait of Ida B. Wells in 1893 by Sallie E. Garrity. Image courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. My great-grandmother, Ida B. Wells, was a very brave woman who ...

This was made possible thanks to the local nonprofit Positive Charge! PDX. The organization is volunteer-run and has two ...

On October 5, 1892, journalist and activist Ida B. Wells addressed a packed house at New York’s Lyric Hall. The subject was lynching. Wells had recently published an editorial that exposed the ...

Portland Public Schools has a long history of underserving its Black students, who face an achievement gap, higher rates of ...

In honor of Women's Equality Day, women from all over the state traveled to the Chrysler Museum for the Ida B. Wells March: 'Empowered to Vote' Saturday morning.

This was made possible thanks to the local nonprofit Positive Charge! PDX. The organization is volunteer-run and has two school branches clubs in the Rose City.

5 —Ida B. Wells It is universally true that would-be criminals, oppressors, and tyrants prefer their targets to be disarmed, a principle underscored by the sordid and overtly racist history of ...

Hear from author Michelle Duster about her great-grandmother Ida B. Wells’ lifelong fight for equality. Writer and activist Ida B. Wells was selected to appear on a new quarter as part of the 2025 ...