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Also Known As Iola • Ida Bell Wells • Ida Bell Wells-Barnett
Born July 16, 1862 • Holly Springs • Mississippi
Died March 25, 1931 (aged 68) • Chicago • Illinois
Founder NAACP
Role In American civil rights movement

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