Ordinary Women: Daring to Defy History - Season 1 Episode 4 The Courageous Life of Ida B. Wells
Overview: Few stories are as dramatic as that of of Ida B. Wells, a woman who was born a slave in Mississippi in the midst of the Civil War, and became a daring investigative reporter and civil rights crusader who would one day be called the “loudest and most persistent voice for truth” in an era of injustice.