E’ry day this month, the Center for Black Educator Development, in partnership with Phillys7thWard.org, will highlight a Black Educator Hall of Famer.
But, don’t forget, e’ry month is Black History Month…February is just the Blackest.
Today, our featured Black Educator is Ida B. Wells-Barnett.
Ida B. Wells-Barnett was an activist in the truest sense of the word. Born in Mississippi in 1862, Well-Barnett was born into enslavement. However, her memories of childhood were of Reconstruction when her parents were politically active. Her parents also stressed the importance of education. Shortly after the Civil War, Wells-Barnett’s parents taught themselves how to read and she learned immediately after that.
Sadly, yellow fever hit her family, killing both her parents and her youngest CONTINUE READING: Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Black Educator Hall of Fame Member - Philly's 7th Ward