Ida B. Wells Anti-Lynching Pamphlet (1892)

Ida B. Wells’s anti-lynching pamphlet Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases is one of the most powerful documents of the early civil rights movement. Published in 1892, the pamphlet exposed the brutal reality of lynching in the United States and challenged the false narratives used to justify racial violence. Wells used investigative journalism and documented evidence to reveal that many lynching accusations were fabricated or exaggerated. Her fearless reporting helped bring international attention to racial terror in America.

Wells’s anti-lynching campaign helped lay the groundwork for future civil rights activism. Her investigative work represented one of the earliest examples of data-driven journalism used to challenge racial injustice.