There are moments when you realize the tradition you love is larger than the version you inherited. Ida B. Wells, a Presbyterian, has recently done that for me, and her faithful witness deepens how I live faith in the public square.
I remembered her name only dimly from high school history class. Wells was a crusader against lynching through her journalism, and later a key figure in the suffragist movement and the NAACP. Over the past year, I have felt a conviction to study her life, notably her courage, gumption, and refusal to stay silent.
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