Ida B. Wells, 1891 (litho) by American School, (19th century); Ida Bell Wells-Barnett - African-American journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, sociologist and, with her husband, newspaper owner Ferdinand L. Barnett, an early leader in the civil rights movement. Illustration from \'The Afro-American press and its editors\' by I. Garland Penn, 1891.