Ida B. Wells

Exploring the impact of white womanhood in media and society, linked to racial power dynamics. Discussing historical context of purity pledges and racial terror lynchings in 19th-century America. Debating the lynching myth between a journalist and a Women's Christian Temperance Union member. Highlighting complex relationships between white women, lynching, and alliances with colored men. Exploring interracial relationships and white womanhood in racial segregation.

Ida B. Wells, famed journalist who exposed the horror of lynching in the country more than a hundred years ago, discusses the connection between death in custody, law enforcement, and lynching. The podcast explores the personal story of a lynching in rural Georgia, reflects on the haunting imagery associated with lynchings, uncovers the true author of a song, explores the complicity of law enforcement in hangings, and delves into Ida B. Wells' fight against lynching and journalistic oppression.