(July 16, 1862-March 25, 1931)

She is the oldest of eight children Was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi Her parents were from the Republican party She attended Rust College then became a teacher

THE FREE SPEECH AND HEADLIGHT She was fired from being a teacher and became a full time journalist Her newspaper was about how black people didn’t fight for their rights etc.

Her friend Tom Moss was lynched along with two friends After she wrote about it in her newspaper Then the whites warned her not to come back to Memphis because her life would be in danger

To England where it was accepted She wrote many pamphlets exposing white violence and lynching against blacks In 1895 she married Ferdinand Barnett a Chicago attorney

She organized the National Association of Colored Women She was one of the founders of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) She continued to fight for black rights until she died.

Born her parents died 1883 sued the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad 1892 her friend Tom Moss was lynched Mid 1890s she moved to Chicago 1895 she married Ferdinand Barnett 1909 she founded NACCP Died 1931

She is important because she stood up for violence against black people Exposed the mistreatment of blacks from the whites She worked tirelessly and fearlessly to over turn injustices for colored people

“One had better DIE FIGHTING against injustice than die like a dog or a rat in a trap” “The Afro-American is thus the backbone of the south” “If this work can be contribute in anyway toward proving this, and at the same time arouse the conscience of the American people to a demand for the justice to every citizen, and punishment by the law for the lawless, I shall feel I have done my race a service”

They empower to stand up for what’s right and wrong How one person could change many things