Amisha Padnani , The New York Times [dropcap]Devah[/dropcap] Pager, a Harvard sociologist who died on Nov. 2, demonstrated the tenacious power of race in hiring decisions. We looked back through our obituary archives and found five other women, some recently deceased, whose thinking had an impact on our understanding of race. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] 1862–1931 Ida […]
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Ida B. Wells gets her street — City Council approves renaming Congress in her honor | Chicago Tribune
Chicago’s City Council officially renamed Congress Parkway to Ida B. Wells Drive Wednesday, making the prominent east-west artery the first downtown street named for a woman of color and honoring one of the city’s great activists.
View MoreWhen a white conductor tried to manhandle Ida B. Wells, she took a bite out of his hand | Timeline
It was a daring act of self-defense at a time when blacks were being lynched for merely existing
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