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Making Ida B. Wells - WBEZ podcast with Caitlin Dickerson and Paula Giddings, (37 mins)

December 8, 2022

National monuments in Washington, D.C. are missing a big piece of American history: women, USA Today, October 16, 2022

Red, White, and Blue at the Chicago History Museum, Chicago Classic Magazine, July 16, 2022

Conversation with Kibin Allyne about Emmett Till Antilynching Law, Open BxRx on Bronx Net TV, April 12, 2022

Michelle Duster on the Complexities of Being Ida B. Wells's Great-Granddaughter, Washington Post, April 5, 2022

The Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Law: Till’s Cousin and Ida B. Wells’s Great-Granddaughter Respond, Democracy Now (21.54 mins), April 1, 2022

Ida B. Wells Barbie doll keeps legacy alive in the face of ‘critical race theory’ pushback The Grio, February 22, 2022

Mattel Honors Ida B. Wells in Inspiring Women's Series, NBC News Now with Joshua Johnson (6.30 mins), February 19, 2022

Washington Post Live with Robin Givhan, Race in America Series,  (31.08 mins) February 1, 2022

Carrying On Ida's Wells' Legacy, GMA3, (2.18 mins) February 1, 2022

Reclaiming Monuments: The Light of Truth Memorializes Ida B. Wells' Activism in Chicago New City Art, October 9, 2021

On Juneteenth descendants of America's black change-makers speak out about preserving ancestors' legacy (5:09 mins) ABC News, June 19, 2021

Michelle Duster: A Descendant Goes to Work and Reclaims History Through Her Writing Arkansas Press Women, June 9, 2021

ABC News Prime with Linsey Davis, (4:30 mins) May 4, 2021

Generations of Activism: What One Woman Can Do, Access Health News, March 16, 2021

How Ida B. Wells Became a Civil Rights Hero, Inside Edition, (4:30 mins) 

February 14, 2021

Author Talks: Michelle Duster on the legacy of Ida B. Wells (4.58 mins)

McKinsey & Company, February 12, 2021

On Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells (17 mins)

CBS This Morning Podcast, February 10, 2021

Good Day Atlanta, February 8, 2021 (3:03 mins)

Good Day LA, February 5, 2021 (4:53 mins)

'Ida B. the Queen' author has dedicated much of her life to her great-grandmother Ida B. Wells' legacy - but is ready to be known by her own name too

Chicago Tribune, January 28, 2021
 

The Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells

NPR's 1A with Jenn White, (30 mins) January 26, 2021

Ida B the Queen:  New Book Examines Legacy of Trailblazing Journalist

Chicago Tonight "Black Voices", (7:13 mins) January 24, 2021

Black Women Among America's Most Active Voters (7:51 mins)

Chicago Tonight "Black Voices", October 11, 2020

A century after the ratification of the 19th Amendment, the fight for women's suffrage continues  (5:20 mins) CBS This Morning, August 21, 2020

Inside the Black Suffrage Movement (1.57 mins)

NBC Nightly News with Andrea Mitchell, August 18, 2020

My Start Story Celebrates: Suffragist Ida B. Wells  (58 secs) Start TV, August 18, 2020

Wells, Hannah-Jones Awarded Pulitzer Prize in 2020 for Journalism (3:45 mins)

AMJoy  May 9, 2020

Conversation with Professor Michelle Duster, (61 mins) Cite Black Women Podcast,  July 16, 2019

Monumental Women: Breaking the Bronze Ceiling (7:39 mins)

CBS This Morning, May 26, 2019

Up With Ida: A Monumental Teach-In at University of Mississippi

Monument Lab Podcast, April 3, 2019

Chicago's Congress Parkway Renamed After Civil Rights Leader Ida B. Wells

WGN9, February 11, 2019

Memorial dedicated to horror of slavery, lynching pays homage to Chicago icon

WGN9, July 25, 2018

How to  Change Public Perception, Sistas on Fire with Natasha Nurse (25 mins) 

June 1, 2018

Could Chicago's first statue of a woman be an Ida B. Wells monument in Bronzeville? WBEZ  Morning Edition with Tony Sarabia, August 7, 2015

Meet Michelle Duster, Great-granddaughter of Ida B. Wells Sistas on Fire with Marcia McNair, September 2011

Old Westbury Web Radio (10 mins) February 2011

Ida B. Wells, Chicago Tonight with Phil Ponce (6 mins) WTTW, February 2009

Time for a Reckoning:  Chicago Reckons With Its Public Art Problem

New City Art, October 1, 2020

100 Years Later, These Activists Continue Their Ancestors’ Work 

The New York Times, August 7, 2020

Legacy of Ida B. Wells Through Her Great-Granddaughter's Eyes

Chicago Defender, July 19, 2020

Michelle Duster, Carrying on the Legacy of Ida B. Wells

Classic Chicago Magazine, July 12, 2020

Biography of Ida B. Wells Coming Out in 2021, Publisher Says

Associated Press, May 14, 2020

The Legacy Lives

Suffrage, Race, Power Unerased

Descendants of iconic African American Chicago figures, like Ida B. Wells-Barnett and Fred Hampton, often struggle to manage the stories of their famous relatives

Chicago Tribune, August 19, 2019

Plaque and Honorary Street Sign Unveiled in Memory of Ida B. Wells

Chicago Defender, July 25, 2019

Pritzker Proclaims Juneteenth in Illinois

OneIllinois, June 19, 2019

Legacy:  Family Members Keep Historical Figures Names Alive

Chicago Defender, March 3, 2019 (pg 3)

Ida B. Wells Finally Gets Top Honor With a Street Name

Chicago Sun-Times, February 11, 2019

The Overlooked Legacy of Ida B. Wells

South Side Weekly, November 6, 2018

What We Learned at the Chicago Humanities Festival This Weekend

Chicago Reader, November 5, 2018

Columbia College Faculty Member Has Newly Released Book About Michelle Obama Columbia College Chicago, September 4, 2018

How these women raised $42k in a day for an Ida B. Wells monument 

Fast Company, August 8, 2018

Ida B. Wells gets her street — City Council approves renaming Congress in her honor  Chicago Tribune, July 25, 2018

There Are No Ida B Wells Monuments in America. Her Great-Granddaughter is Out to Change That Shondaland, July 16, 2018

‘You can’t just gloss over this history’: The movement to honor Ida B. Wells gains momentum Washington Post, June 15, 2018

Ida B. Wells' Old Advice for the NAACP's New Direction HuffPost, May 22, 2017

Living With History The Root, February 13, 2017

Moving through the changes for Women Daily Iowan, July 28, 2016

The Descendants The Grio, February 23, 2013