Ida B Wells Symposium - Panel II: The Legacy Continues

This panel involves a robust exchange regarding the impact of Ida B. Wells' life, how her journalism work remains relevant today, and how Ida's activism inspires the next generation. This panel grapples with who she was and why her bust should be placed in the lobby of Pulitzer Hall.
The panel was moderated by June Cross, Fred W. Friendly Professor of Media and Society and Director of the Documentary Journalism Program at Columbia Journalism School. Cross was joined by the great-grandson of Ida B. Wells, Dan Duster, Elizabeth A. Woodson 1922 Professor Emerita of Africana Studies at Smith College, Paula J. Giddings, and award-winning author, Jacqueline Woodson.