Our patron saint, Ida B. Wells
She now comes in the form of a Barbie, and I wonder what she'd think about that
The editor of the university newspaper of which I am the faculty advisor recently sent me a text that Mattel, Inc., maker of the Barbie doll, was about to release an Ida B. Wells doll, the latest in their Inspiring Women series.
We have, hanging in our newsroom, a photograph of Wells, a journalist, suffragist, activist, and co-founder of the NAACP (thoug…
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