Black Fact = 1862 (July 6) – Ida B. Wells-Barnet, reformer who gathered the first statistical records on lynchings in the United States, was born in Holly Springs, MS, on this date in 1862.
Her work, including publications like Southern Horrors and A Red Record, revealed that lynchings were often used to maintain white supremacy and control, rather than being solely a response to crimes like rape. #theraydiotwins
