History Now Essay The Persistence of Ida B. Wells: Reform Leader and Civil Rights Activist Kristina DuRocher In an 1892 speech, Ida B. Wells told her audience, “The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.” [1] She lived these words, determinedly and vocally confronting every social injustice she encountered. Wells (1862... Appears in: 54 | African American Women in Leadership Summer 2019