Film aims to show how Memphis helped shape Ida B. Wells
The Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change at the University of Memphis worked with Spotlight Productions to produce the film: “Facing Down Storms: Memphis and the Making of Ida B. Wells.” (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
“I want people to see (Ida B. Wells) as a real person. I also want to see Memphis as a character in the development of Ida B. Wells because she’s not coming from thin air.”
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Ida B. Wells Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change Lynching Sites Project Daphene McFerren Nathaniel Ball Fabian MatthewsMikayla Higgins
Mikayla Higgins is a Memphis native and current sophomore studying journalism at the University of Missouri-Columbia. She is excited to be back home for the summer and to be sharing news with the Memphis community.
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