Before Rosa Parks, there was another Rosa Parks, a Memphian named Ida B Wells. Wells was a school teacher - turned journalist - turned activist. Predictably her anti-lynching articles, and speeches enraged southern whites. We’ll tell you the whole amazing story on this Special Rabbit Hole Edition of AEWorks Blues Alley Podcast.

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