1. Ida Bell. Wells Jr.
Born: August 13, 1901 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Died: August 4, 1988 Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
Parents: Ferdinand Lee Barnett, Ida B. Wells
Occupation: Editor
Date of Burial: August 21, 1988
Religion: Methodist
Age at Death: 87 years, 12 days
Social Security #: Number: 349-16-6789; Issue State: Illinois; Issue Date: Before 1951
Ida B Barnett, 86 of Los Angeles, California
Ida Barnett, daughter of rights leader, journalist
Chicago Sun-Times (IL) - Thursday, August 11, 1988
Ida B. Barnett, 86, the last surviving child of crusading journalist and famed civil rights leader Ida B. Wells of Chicago, died Aug. 4 in Los Angeles.
Miss Barnett helped edit her mother's autobiography, Crusade for Justice: the Autobiography of Ida B. Wells, published in 1970. She lived in Chicago until 1986, when she moved to California.
Miss Barnett's parents were two of the nation's leading champions of civil rights.
Her father, Ferdinand L. Barnett, was a lawyer and owner of the first black newspaper in Chicago, the Chicago Conservator. He also became the first black assistant state's attorney in Cook County and the state.
Miss Barnett was her father's secretary until his death in 1938.
In 1895, he had married Ida B. Wells, who was 33 and already internationally known for her crusade against lynchings of blacks.
Ida B. Wells was one of the original 40 founders of the NAACP in 1910, organized the first Negro woman's club in Chicago in 1893, teamed with Jane Addams of Hull House to block separate schools for blacks in Chicago, and was a leading advocate for women to get the vote.
Ida B. Wells was inducted into the Black Press Hall of Fame last year, and a Chicago Housing Authority project is named in her honor. She died in 1931.
Miss Barnett helped raise the children of her sister, Alfreda Duster, after the sister's husband died in 1945. She assisted Mrs. Duster from 1968 to 1970 in editing their mother's autobiography. Mrs. Duster died in 1982.
A memorial service will be held at 5 p.m. Aug. 21 at Woodlawn United Methodist Church, 1208 E. 64th St.
Chicago Sun Times
Chicago Sun-Times (IL) - Thursday, August 11, 1988
Born: August 13, 1901 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Died: August 4, 1988 Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
Parents: Ferdinand Lee Barnett, Ida B. Wells
Occupation: Editor
Date of Burial: August 21, 1988
Religion: Methodist
Age at Death: 87 years, 12 days
Social Security #: Number: 349-16-6789; Issue State: Illinois; Issue Date: Before 1951
Ida B Barnett, 86 of Los Angeles, California
Ida Barnett, daughter of rights leader, journalist
Chicago Sun-Times (IL) - Thursday, August 11, 1988
Ida B. Barnett, 86, the last surviving child of crusading journalist and famed civil rights leader Ida B. Wells of Chicago, died Aug. 4 in Los Angeles.
Miss Barnett helped edit her mother's autobiography, Crusade for Justice: the Autobiography of Ida B. Wells, published in 1970. She lived in Chicago until 1986, when she moved to California.
Miss Barnett's parents were two of the nation's leading champions of civil rights.
Her father, Ferdinand L. Barnett, was a lawyer and owner of the first black newspaper in Chicago, the Chicago Conservator. He also became the first black assistant state's attorney in Cook County and the state.
Miss Barnett was her father's secretary until his death in 1938.
In 1895, he had married Ida B. Wells, who was 33 and already internationally known for her crusade against lynchings of blacks.
Ida B. Wells was one of the original 40 founders of the NAACP in 1910, organized the first Negro woman's club in Chicago in 1893, teamed with Jane Addams of Hull House to block separate schools for blacks in Chicago, and was a leading advocate for women to get the vote.
Ida B. Wells was inducted into the Black Press Hall of Fame last year, and a Chicago Housing Authority project is named in her honor. She died in 1931.
Miss Barnett helped raise the children of her sister, Alfreda Duster, after the sister's husband died in 1945. She assisted Mrs. Duster from 1968 to 1970 in editing their mother's autobiography. Mrs. Duster died in 1982.
A memorial service will be held at 5 p.m. Aug. 21 at Woodlawn United Methodist Church, 1208 E. 64th St.
Chicago Sun Times
Chicago Sun-Times (IL) - Thursday, August 11, 1988
1. Ida Bell. Wells Jr.
Born: August 13, 1901 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Died: August 4, 1988 Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
Parents: Ferdinand Lee Barnett, Ida B. Wells
Occupation: Editor
Date of Burial: August 21, 1988
Religion: Methodist
Age at Death: 87 years, 12 days
Social Security #: Number: 349-16-6789; Issue State: Illinois; Issue Date: Before 1951
Ida B Barnett, 86 of Los Angeles, California
Ida Barnett, daughter of rights leader, journalist
Chicago Sun-Times (IL) - Thursday, August 11, 1988
Ida B. Barnett, 86, the last surviving child of crusading journalist and famed civil rights leader Ida B. Wells of Chicago, died Aug. 4 in Los Angeles.
Miss Barnett helped edit her mother's autobiography, Crusade for Justice: the Autobiography of Ida B. Wells, published in 1970. She lived in Chicago until 1986, when she moved to California.
Miss Barnett's parents were two of the nation's leading champions of civil rights.
Her father, Ferdinand L. Barnett, was a lawyer and owner of the first black newspaper in Chicago, the Chicago Conservator. He also became the first black assistant state's attorney in Cook County and the state.
Miss Barnett was her father's secretary until his death in 1938.
In 1895, he had married Ida B. Wells, who was 33 and already internationally known for her crusade against lynchings of blacks.
Ida B. Wells was one of the original 40 founders of the NAACP in 1910, organized the first Negro woman's club in Chicago in 1893, teamed with Jane Addams of Hull House to block separate schools for blacks in Chicago, and was a leading advocate for women to get the vote.
Ida B. Wells was inducted into the Black Press Hall of Fame last year, and a Chicago Housing Authority project is named in her honor. She died in 1931.
Miss Barnett helped raise the children of her sister, Alfreda Duster, after the sister's husband died in 1945. She assisted Mrs. Duster from 1968 to 1970 in editing their mother's autobiography. Mrs. Duster died in 1982.
A memorial service will be held at 5 p.m. Aug. 21 at Woodlawn United Methodist Church, 1208 E. 64th St.
Chicago Sun Times
Chicago Sun-Times (IL) - Thursday, August 11, 1988
Born: August 13, 1901 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Died: August 4, 1988 Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
Parents: Ferdinand Lee Barnett, Ida B. Wells
Occupation: Editor
Date of Burial: August 21, 1988
Religion: Methodist
Age at Death: 87 years, 12 days
Social Security #: Number: 349-16-6789; Issue State: Illinois; Issue Date: Before 1951
Ida B Barnett, 86 of Los Angeles, California
Ida Barnett, daughter of rights leader, journalist
Chicago Sun-Times (IL) - Thursday, August 11, 1988
Ida B. Barnett, 86, the last surviving child of crusading journalist and famed civil rights leader Ida B. Wells of Chicago, died Aug. 4 in Los Angeles.
Miss Barnett helped edit her mother's autobiography, Crusade for Justice: the Autobiography of Ida B. Wells, published in 1970. She lived in Chicago until 1986, when she moved to California.
Miss Barnett's parents were two of the nation's leading champions of civil rights.
Her father, Ferdinand L. Barnett, was a lawyer and owner of the first black newspaper in Chicago, the Chicago Conservator. He also became the first black assistant state's attorney in Cook County and the state.
Miss Barnett was her father's secretary until his death in 1938.
In 1895, he had married Ida B. Wells, who was 33 and already internationally known for her crusade against lynchings of blacks.
Ida B. Wells was one of the original 40 founders of the NAACP in 1910, organized the first Negro woman's club in Chicago in 1893, teamed with Jane Addams of Hull House to block separate schools for blacks in Chicago, and was a leading advocate for women to get the vote.
Ida B. Wells was inducted into the Black Press Hall of Fame last year, and a Chicago Housing Authority project is named in her honor. She died in 1931.
Miss Barnett helped raise the children of her sister, Alfreda Duster, after the sister's husband died in 1945. She assisted Mrs. Duster from 1968 to 1970 in editing their mother's autobiography. Mrs. Duster died in 1982.
A memorial service will be held at 5 p.m. Aug. 21 at Woodlawn United Methodist Church, 1208 E. 64th St.
Chicago Sun Times
Chicago Sun-Times (IL) - Thursday, August 11, 1988
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