Young Obama unveiled Aug 20, 2008
At her job at the Ida B. Wells housing project, she noticed workers removing asbestos from the Public Housing Authority's offices in that building. When she asked management when they planned to remove the dangerous substance from residents' apartments, she said they told her they had no such plans. (CNN -- International)
With 'Ida,' a civil rights pioneer's story is finally told Jun 11, 2008
Unlike Rosa Parks, the mother of the modern civil rights movement, Ida B. Wells is hardly a household name. But she should be. (Boston Globe)
WritersCorps empowers young poets Mar 25, 2008
With poet Linda Watanabe McFerrin, WritersCorps poets Melissa Lozano and Karla Robinson, and youth poets from Downtown High School and Ida B. Wells High School. Info: All readings at Intersection for the Arts, 446 Valencia St., San Francisco. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Women of Great Importance: Nigerian-born Olu Oguibe's personal canon of notable women of the 20th century on display at JCAL Mar 15, 2008
Some of the women on display include feminist Simone de Beauvoir, architect Maya Lin, politician Gra a Machel, singer Edith Piaf, journalist and activist Ida B. Wells and two-time Nobel Prize-winning scientist Marie Curie. While there is a range of professions and fields represented, the featured women are mostly scientists, activists and politicians. (Bayside Times, NY)
The Ensemble Theatre Presents 'Sty of the Blind Pig' Mar 8, 2008
Playwright Phillip Hayes Dean was born on the Southside of Chicago in the historic Ida B. Wells housing project, the eldest of a brother and sister. He grew up watching neighborhood stage shows that booked Black actors on regional and national tours. (Primezone Releases)
Dropout data show most kids stay in school Feb 22, 2008
By contrast, San Francisco's two other alternative schools for students at risk of dropping out - Downtown and Ida B. Wells high schools - posted dropout rates of 4 and 6 percent, respectively. Margaret Chiu, assistant superintendent for San Francisco high schools, said she didn't know that Independence' dropout rate was far higher than that of the other alternative schools, but said she wasn't surprised, describing Independence as a safety net for the safety nets. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Domesticated partners Feb 17, 2008
"Yours for Justice, Ida B. Wells: The Daring Life of a Crusading Journalist," by Philip Dray (Peachtree). "Becoming Holyfield: A Fighter's Journey," by Evander Holyfield with Lee Gruenfeld (Atria). (Boston Globe)
Winning essay Jan 27, 2008
Then there were others like Frederick Douglass, Eleanor Roosevelt, Harriet Tubman, Ida B. Wells and Marian Anderson. Race mattered to all of those individuals and countless more men and women of all ethnicities. (News Enterprise Online)
Excerpt: 'Listening Is an Act of Love' Dec 20, 2007
Lloyd Newman lived in the Ida B. Wells housing projects; LeAlan Jones in a house right next door. I gave them tape recorders and asked them to record a week in their lives -- what it's like to grow up in one of the most dangerous and impoverished neighborhoods in the country. (ABC News)
Local Author to sign new book "Black Men Built The Capitol" at Ida B. Wells Museum in Holly Springs Nov 17, 2007
Local Author to sign new book "Black Men Built The Capitol" at Ida B. Wells Museum in Holly Springs ... WASHINGTON - With Congress moving to honor the African Americans slaves who constructed the U.S. Capitol by renaming part of the under-construction Capitol Visitor Center "Emancipation Hall," author and Mid-South native Jesse J. Holland will be discussing the topic and his new book, "Black Men Built The Capitol: Discovering African American History In and Around Washington, D.C." at the Ida B.... (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
New S.F. boxing gym brings back a taste of the old Tenderloin Oct 20, 2007
Bautista, 37, who used to run the after-school boxing program at Ida B. Wells High School, says boxing can straighten out a kid fast. He fought a lot of street fights himself and served a couple of sentences at juvenile hall for drug dealing before he discovered the boxing ring. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
THE ASSASSINATION OF CHAUNCEY BAILEY / A FATHER'S FIEFDOM REDUCED TO RUIN... Oct 8, 2007
THE ASSASSINATION OF CHAUNCEY BAILEY / A FATHER'S FIEFDOM REDUCED TO RUIN / Once a force for empowerment and pride, Yusuf Bey's extended family is now linked to a string of crimes, black journalist's killing. " As a consequence, he said, bakery members began to feel as if they were untouchable. "There was an aura of invincibility," he said. The beginning of the end for the bakery arrived in the form of a sex scandal that engulfed its founder in the months before his death, according to court... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Catch Up On News With The Weekend Wrap-Up Sep 17, 2007
This is one of them, so whenever we Mexicans have a chance to show our heritage, we try to gather together and have a nice festivity and a nice party," said Luis Alva, with the Little Village Chamber of Commerce. VIDEO: Hundreds of people helped Saturday to raise money for cancer research in honor of legendary Bears running back Walter Payton. The Arlington Heights event honors Payton's memory both by raising money for cancer research, and by honoring Payton's long-standing rushing record of... (CBS2Chicago.com, IL)
Police Officer Shot In Arm On Near South Side Sep 15, 2007
Suspect Also Shot In Incident At Ida B. Wells Development ... Police said they received a call of shots fired about 10:45 a.m. at 527 E. Browning Ave., in the Ida B. Wells public housing development ... The incident occured in the largely vacant Ida B. Wells public housing development. (CBS2Chicago.com, IL)
Local Lawmakers Want A Voice In Choosing Boro School Sites Sep 7, 2007
Friday September 07, 2007. (Colin Gustafson) From left, Assemblyman Rory Lancman joins Councilman James Gennaro and Assemblywoman Nettie Mayersohn. (Queens Chronicle, NY)
Akron charter school given new reprieve Jul 7, 2007
Ida B. Wells allowed to address problems until end of July ... The Ida B. Wells Community School in Akron has received a second deadline extension to clear up problems identified by its sponsor ... In addition, today is the deadline for Ida B. Wells' teachers to return questionnaires developed by the school's trustees about the school's educational leader, Kofi Khemet, the son of school co-founder Edward Crosby, who is still involved in the school's operations. (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Living)
"Respect" at 14th St. Playhouse Jun 16, 2007
But the author, who has a background as a leadership-seminar instructor, has a way of interlacing show-business icons with figures from the social movement, so Respect ends up being as much about Donna Reed, Annette Funicello and Marilyn Monroe as it does Ida B. Wells, Rosa Parks and Betty Friedan. If Respect is overloaded with Top 40 ditties about boy lust, it also has a few honest things to say about the immigrant experience, alcoholic husbands, single moms and the indomitable spirit of the... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Names sought for Atlanta's new single-gender schools Jun 9, 2007
The Ida B. Wells, Young Women's Leadership Academy. The Rosa Parks Young Women's Leadership Academy. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
City To Close Boro?s Only School For Teen Mothers Jun 1, 2007
Queens Chronicle - City To Close Boro. s Only School For Teen Mothers. (Queens Chronicle, NY)
Wells Academy: School on deadline May 1, 2007
The Ida B. Wells Community Academy in Akron -- one of the state's first publicly funded charter schools -- is on probation and could close at the end of the current school year ... The probationary status puts Ida B. Wells on a slim list: Of the 309 charter schools in Ohio, it is the only Summit County school and one of just 11 statewide on probation, according to the Ohio Department of Education ... Jim George, executive director of community schools for the prior sponsor, Lucas County... (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Living)
1899 Coweta lynching sparks dialogue Apr 22, 2007
DuBois and contemporaries such as famous journalist and anti-lynching crusader Ida B. Wells wrote about the execution. And recent books on lynchings relate the story of Hose. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Man Charged With Alleged Heroin, Crack Possession Apr 13, 2007
After learning of recent drug activity in the area, Wentworth Area Housing Team police officers were conducting surveillance at the Chicago Housing Authoritys Ida B. Wells Housing Development when they saw a man approach Mahoneys apartment while holding two large black bags, according to the release. As Mahoney opened his apartment door and accepted the bags from the man, police began to approach the two men, the release said. (CBS2Chicago.com, IL)
JEFFERSON AWARD: Presented to Peter Dwares Apr 9, 2007
Participating schools in San Francisco include Balboa High School, Benjamin Franklin Middle School, Downtown High School, Enola Maxwell Middle School for the Arts, Francisco Middle School, Galileo Academy of Science and Technology, George Washington High School, Gloria R. Davis College Preparatory Academy, Ida B. Wells High School, Independence High School, International Studies Academy, Lowell High School, Mission High School, Phillip and Sala Burton Academic High School, Phoenix Continuation... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Students explore roots of past in show Feb 16, 2007
Students will play Ida B. Wells, Rosa Parks, Thurgood Marshall and Bear Rustin, just to name a few ... In the play I portray Ida B. Wells, and from rehearsing I have learned women have fought a lot for their rights, Ratliff said. (New Iberia, LA)
Around Broward County Feb 16, 2007
The display includes stories of such notable African Americans as Ida B. Wells, the Negro Baseball League, the Tuskegee Airmen and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The exhibit also features rare stamps, books, figurines of African-American heroes, and more than 100 inventions by African Americans. The library is at 16835 Sheridan St. in Pembroke Pines. (The Miami Herald)
Quiz: Black History Month Feb 8, 2007
(CNN Student News) -- February is Black History Month. How much do you know about the ways in which African-Americans have shaped U.S. history. (CNN -- Education)
A 'first' at last, but we have ... (Adrienne Washington) Feb 6, 2007
Indianapolis Colts Coach Tony Dungy became the latest "first," destined to join the ranks of journalists Ida B. Wells and Frederick Douglass and other black icons honored when February rolls around in the future. The first black National Football League coach to win the ultimate prize in America's favorite game, Dungy thanked those who ran the racial obstacle course before him to get to the top of the heap. (Washington Times, DC)
Black History Month: How Much Do You Know? Feb 4, 2007
Ida B. Wells Barnett was a co-founder of what organization. You need the latest Flash player to view our Poll. (WFOR.com, FL)
Reggie Dogan: Black History Month serves to shed light on ignored part of history Feb 3, 2007
Have you ever heard of Ida B. Wells ... Ida B. Wells, a Chicago newspaper editor and journalist, achieved nationwide attention and acclaim in the 1890s as a leader of an anti-lynching crusade. (Pensacola News Journal)
Studying society Jan 30, 2007
Nastasia Brooks is a sixth-grade student at Bank Avenue Elementary School said she did her social studies project on Ida B. Wells. I did my project on Ida B. Wells because she was a famous poet, Books said ... It took me about a week to do the project and I learned Ida B. Wells taught a lot of people about history during her lifetime. (New Iberia, LA)
Pragmatist Preacher Brought Sen. Barack Obama into the Faith Jan 27, 2007
Wright said, "Picture some kid who lives in Hyde Park or over in Ida B. Wells Homes or Washington Gardens, who will see Barack and say, 'My God, I can one day be that.' The amount of hope that it will give to kids who society has written off just in terms of them changing their concept of what is possible is going to be immeasurable for generations to come.". Please create an account or login to read this story. (The Ledger)
5. 32 Memphis teachers earn stars Jan 18, 2007
Salli Young -- Ida B. Wells Academy. Copyright 2007 - commercialappeal. (The Commercial Appeal, TN)
