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Activists Fundraise to Erect Ida B. Wells Monument in Chicago

HeadlineApr 18, 2018

Meanwhile, activists and educators are organizing to raise money to erect a monument in Chicago to celebrate famed journalist, abolitionist and suffragist Ida B. Wells. People have already donated tens of thousands of dollars to the fundraising effort, which was launched by Ida B. Wells’s great-granddaughter, Michelle Duster.

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