by Laura Faith Kebede — This week’s statue unveiling for Ida B. Wells is not the first time Memphis attempted to honor the famed journalist and suffragist with a landmark.  In 1931, the year Wells died, her long-time friend and fellow activist Julia Hooks pushed for Memphis leaders to name a new park built for … Continue reading Ninety years before the Ida B. Wells statue, Memphians wanted to name a park after her