400 YEARS OF BLACKS IN AMERICA: AIN'T I [STILL] A WOMAN?

AFRICAN American history; WELLS-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931; LYNCHING laws; NATIONAL Association for the Advancement of Colored People; KING, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968; BROWN v. Board of Education of Topeka; SEXUAL assault

The article focuses on the history of African Americans in the U.S. Topics discussed include Ida B. Wells, journalist and suffragist, who fought for anti-lynching legislation and helped establish civil rights organizations such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Martin Luther King Jr., and wrote a book that supported ruling in Brown v. Board of Education and #MeTooVoter, a campaign to pressure political leaders to address and prevent sexual violence.