Ida B. Wells

The Ida B. Wells Barbie honors the investigative journalist and activist for civil rights for her accomplishments. The Black Label doll was designed by Mattel's Linda Jiang and it's part of the "Inspiring Women" Series. Wells was born into slavery Holly Springs, Mississippi n 1862 and became an advocate of women's suffrage. She also exposed the brutality of lynching in the 1890s. She co-owned and edited a Memphis newspaper where she wrote about inequality affecting African-Americans.…