Ida B. Wells Is Just Like Us: Bringing Babies to Work, Juggling Jobs, and Fighting for Freedom

In a new book, Michelle Duster shares intimate details of her great-grannie, Ida B. Wells

Ida B. Wells. Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG/Getty images

Ida B. Wells isn’t the household name she should be, especially when it comes to her place alongside other early civil rights activists. Very much a…