PRESS RELEASE:
The citizens in Holly Springs paid tribute to Ida B. Wells and named a street in her honor and for her service to America. Ms Wells was a journalist during some of the most racially challenging times in American History. She was a founding member of the Niagara Falls Movement that later became the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Shown posing in the picture is Ms Annie Moffitt, Founder and owner of Annie’s Restaurant. Ms. Moffitt is a business and community activist and supports education, especially the Harlem Renaissance Era which was a part of the life of Ida B. Wells life.
PS Ida B. Wells was one of the characters in the play “Happy Birthday Ms Harriet Tubman,” a play about Blalck Women organizing t0 gain the vote after helping white women written by Haywood Fennell, Sr. and performed under the direction of Mrs, Monica Anderson-Spencer. The play was performed by the Oscar Micheaux Family Theater Program Company.
