Select Articles Written by Michelle
Persistence Overcomes Resistance: Honoring Women Suffragists Through Public Artwork
Ms. Magazine, October 25, 2023
So few images of African American women, so much resistance to adding more
History@work with National Council on Public History, February 1, 2022
Remembering and Forgetting Confederate Monuments: Taking the Bitter with the Sweet, co-written with Stacy Boldrick, Richard Clay & Keith Magee, Sculpture Journal, Volume 31.1, 2022
Obstructing Black Women's Voices is a Form of Race-Based Violence
Ms. Magazine, November 10, 2021
My great-grandmother Ida B. Wells left a legacy of activism in education. We need that now Washington Post, February 11, 2021
Ida B. Wells was a Reporter, Activist, and Leader. She Also Had Great Hair
Glamour, February 8, 2021
My great-grandmother exposed lynchings. This is what she would say about the Capitol riot, CNN Opinion, February 3, 2021
Kamala Harris and My Great-Grandma Ida B. Wells Have Much in Common (Including Feminist Husbands) People, February 2, 2021
This Professor Protested a School's Racism. Then He Lost His Job Daily Beast, January 23, 2021
Collaboration for Justice: How History's More Inclusive Past Foretells our Future
Co-written with A'Lelia Bundles The Hill, August 24, 2020
I'm Ida B. Wells's Great-Granddaughter and I'm Still Fighting Her Fight for the Vote
TIME, August 17, 2020
Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission, August 2020
Charting the History of Racial Violence in Chicago
The North Star, October 22, 2019
A New Monument in Tennessee Highlights Black Women In The Suffrage Movement
The North Star, September 20, 2019
"IdaTrek" Honors Ida B. Wells By Promoting Health, Community and Heritage
The North Star, August 25, 2019
From the Suffrage Movement to the Women’s March: Black Women’s Fight for Inclusion, Black History Bulletin, 2019, Vol 42, No. 2
A New Exhibit Highlights Black Women's Fight for Voting Rights
The North Star, July 23, 2019
Confronting Segregation and Racism in the Women's Rights Movement
The North Star, June 25, 2019
Activists Confront The Painful History of Lynching
The North Star, May 21, 2019
The Legacy of Ida B Wells and the Struggle for Racial Justice at "Ole Miss"
The North Star, April 28, 2019
Lori Lightfoot's Historic Win Invokes Trailblazer Ida B. Wells
Refinery29, April 4, 2019
Suffragists Paved the Way for the First Black Female Mayor of Chicago
The North Star, March 21, 2019
Ida B. Wells Drive: More Than A Street
The North Star, February 18, 2019
The Women's Suffrage Movement Included More Than Two Women and So Should the Monuments Essence, January 29, 2019
Michelle Obama is Proof That Black Women Can Become More Than Their Wildest Dreams HuffPost, November 15, 2018
Ole' Miss Journalism School Should Be Named After Ida B. Wells
HuffPost, October, 27, 2018
Remembering Ida B. Wells's Legacy: An Educator, Feminist, and Anti-Lynching Civil Rights Leader Teen Vogue, September 20, 2018
Ida B. Wells: How grassroots support and social media made a monumental difference in honoring her legacy The Conversation, August 7, 2018
Charlottesville Was About White Men Controlling History HuffPost, August 10, 2018
A Monumental Woman: Monuments make history visible and tangible, but African American women are grossly underrepresented. Lenny Letter, August 7, 2018
Chicago Should be Proud to Honor Ida B. Wells Chicago Sun-Times, May 29, 2018
Honor Ida B. Wells With a Monument in Chicago Mamablack, February 21, 2018
Spinning at Night: African-American DJs at WDCR brought new sounds to the Upper Valley Ears Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, March - April 2015
Ida B. Wells Quill Magazine, January 20, 2009