CHICAGO (WLS) -- Congress Parkway had been rechristened Ida B. Wells Drive several months ago, but seeing the new street signs go up on the busy thoroughfare was still emotional for her descendants.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) — A week of celebrating the life and legacy of journalist and civil rights pioneer Ida B. Wells will culminate Friday in downtown Memphis. The Ida B. Wells statue and plaza will ...

Today would have been the 163rd birthday of journalist and civil rights activist Ida B. Wells. I think about the defining journalism of Ida B. Wells most often when I find myself ensnared by the ...

The Fourth of July should celebrate those who fought to make America’s promises real. Few embodied that fight more fully than Ida B. Wells. Born into slavery in Mississippi in 1862, Wells rose to ...

In History's Toughest Heroes, Ray Winstone tells ten true stories of adventurers, rebels and survivors who lived life on the edge.

Ida B. Wells and "The Strange Career" of a Political Pioneer of the Press: Communicating a Social Justice Crusade. Training the Pen: Ida B. Wells' Journalistic Efforts to Combat Emerging Jim-Crow Laws ...

The Portland Public Schools board voted to approve a contract that would manage multiple long-awaited projects within the ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. The Fourth of July should celebrate those who fought to make America’s promises real.