Take inspiration from Ida B. Wells-Barnett who was a prominent journalist, activist, and researcher in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. As part of your home decor, on your desk or bookshelf this striking bust deserves to occupy a prominent position.

Ida B. Wells-Barnett was a skilled writer who traveled internationally, shedding light on lynching to foreign audiences. Abroad, she openly confronted white women in the suffrage movement who ignored lynching. Because of her stance, she was often ostracized by women’s suffrage organizations in the United States. Nevertheless, Wells-Barnett remained active the women’s rights movement. She was a founder of the National Association of Colored Women’s Club which was created to address issues dealing with civil rights and women’s suffrage. Although she was in Niagara Falls for the founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), her name is not mentioned as an official founder. Late in her career Wells-Barnett focused on urban reform in the growing city of Chicago.