Ida B. Wells, pictured in 1917. Photo Credit: University of Chicago Photographic Archive, apf1-08641, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library

Ida B. Wells with her children. From the left: Charles; Ida, Jr.; Alfreda; and Herman. Photo Credit: University of Chicago Photographic Archive, apf1-08624, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library