Memphis Memorial Committee - Honoring Ida B. Wells

07/17/2023

Happy Birthday Ida B. Wells - Celebrating her at the Historic First Baptist Church Beale one of the locations of her office where she published the Memphis Free Speech and Headlight/.

07/17/2023

Celebrating Ida B. Well’s Birthday at Historic First Baptist Church Beale Street!

07/17/2022

Thank you for those who joined us for the Birthday Celebration and Unveiling of Phase II of the Ida B. Wells Plaza Memphis, TN

07/12/2022

Ida B. Wells Celebration - Unveiling & Groundbreaking of Phase II

Please join the Memphis Memorial Committee for the Annual Ida B. Wells Celebration. As we celebrate her birthday, Saturday, July 16, 2022, the Committee & supporters will unveil plans for the revitalization of the plaza and break ground for construction.

Join us for the celebration at the Ida B. Wells Plaza at the corner of Ida B. Wells and Beale Street at 12 Noon.

For more information, contact [email protected] or visit our website at www.idabwellsmemphis.org.

Co-Hosted by the Downtown Memphis Commission.

07/11/2022

As we approach the Anniversary of installing the Statue. Please see a little background on the creation of the statue.

Ida B. Wells statue stands at Beale Street and Fourth. Here's an inside look at how it was created and Wells' history in Memphis.

03/29/2022

https://youtu.be/oZBnUftOlfY

The White House

03/14/2022

UPDATE: The Memphis Memorial Committee invites you to join us for a Tour of the Emmett Till Trail and the events of his life.
MARCH 26th beginning at 6:00 a.m. and returning at 6:30 p.m. The PICK UP POINT is NEW SARDIS BAPTIST CHURCH 7739 East Holmes Rd.

Tickets $100.00 Includes the cost of admission and travel
Due Date Extended to March 21, 2022

To purchase tickets please contact:
Heritage Tours at 901-527-3427
or email - [email protected]

Sponsored by: Memphis Memorial Committee

03/05/2022

It’s Official… Street name after Ida B. Wells in Memphis

03/01/2022

The Memphis Memorial Committee invites you to join us for a Tour of the Emmett Till Trail and the events of his life.
MARCH 26th beginning at 6:00 a.m. and returning at 6:30 p.m.

Tickets $100.00 Includes the cost of admission and travel
Due: March 15, 2022

To purchase tickets please contact:
Heritage Tours at 901-527-3427
or email - [email protected]

Sponsored by: Memphis Memorial Committee

01/28/2022

Ida B. Wells-Barnett had to flee Memphis. Now she has a street named after her

The Memphis City Council voted Tuesday to rename Fourth Street between E.H. Crump Boulevard and Union Avenue as Ida B. Wells-Barnett Street.

01/12/2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/01/12/ida-wells-barbie-doll-mattel/

Wells, who was born into slavery in Mississippi in 1862, broke boundaries fighting for the right to vote.