Ida B. Wells monument and plaza will stand at Beale and Fourth
An imagined rendering of how the Ida B. Wells monument will appear in the Ida B. Wells Plaza. The monument, which will be unveiled on July 16, will stand at the corner of Beale and Fourth streets near First Baptist Church-Beale, across the street from where Wells’ newspaper once operated. (Submitted)
Four years after the removal of the monument for Confederate Army Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, a statue of Ida B. Wells will stand in Memphis for the first time.
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Ida B. Wells LaSimba Gray Charles HughesRob Moore
Rob Moore covers North Mississippi for The Daily Memphian. He holds a B.A. and an M.A. in English from The University of Memphis.