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Module 4 – DQ #2
Module 4 – DQ #2
We’re going to learn about the incredible activist and journalist Ida B. Wells.
To answer this DQ correctly and with details, you’ll need to read/watch the following 2 (two) resources (discussed in detail below).
READ the Documents section at the end of Chapter 6 on pages 314-318. The section focuses on Ida B. Wells, who was an African American woman and journalist who exposed the racial terror behind lynching.
WATCH the 4-minute clip below about the new anti-lynching memorial in Montgomery, Alabama that seeks to shed light on the horrible history behind lynching in America.
Video Clip (4 minutes):
https://www.cnn.com/videos/travel/2018/04/08/eji-lynching-memorial.cnn (Links to an external site.)
QUESTIONS – After taking in the 2 (two) required sources above, answer the following question with at least minimum 15 sentences total between the two answers (not 15 for each) and specific historical details:
- What does Wells’s analysis of the causes of and attitudes toward the lynching of African Americans reveal about the dynamics between whites and blacks several decades after the end of slavery?
- What was Wells fighting to change, meaning what kind of United States was she fighting to create and for whom?