Ida B. Wells's Lecture Against Lynching in the British Isles

Ida B. Wells, an African American journalist, went on lecture tours of the British Isles in 1893 and 1894. While there, Wells worked with the white American writer, Albion W. Tourgée, and the British Quaker anti-imperialist, Catherine Impey. All three soughts to mobilize British public opinion against the U.S. national crime of lynching. Following her lectures, anti-lynching leagues were formed in Britain and the U.S.

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1893 to 1894