The murder of Ida B. Wells’ friend Tom Moss and two associates by a white mob in 1892 led Ida B. Wells to investigate Southern lynchings. She subsequently wrote Southern Horrors and The Red Record, which outlined her meticulous work in documenting the brutal treatment of Black men in the South. In 2020, Wells was acknowledged with a special Pulitzer Prize. Its citation read: “For her outstanding and courageous reporting on the horrific and vicious violence against African Americans during the era of lynching.”
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