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Ida B. Wells, standing left, with Maurine Moss, widow of Tom Moss, lynched in Memphis March 9, 1892, with Tom Moss Jr.
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Ida B. Wells, standing left, with Maurine Moss, widow of Tom Moss, lynched in Memphis March 9, 1892, with Tom Moss Jr.

circa 1894
Griffin, W. F.
Ida B. Wells-Barnett (left), activist, journalist, teacher, and anti-lynching leader. She is pictured with the family of Thomas H. Moss, Sr., Maurine, Betty, and Thomas, Jr. Mr. Moss, a postman and grocery store owner, was lynched in Memphis, Tennessee, 9 March 1892. The photograph was taken in Indianapolis, Indiana where his wife and children had relocated after the murder.

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  • Title: Ida B. Wells, standing left, with Maurine Moss, widow of Tom Moss, lynched in Memphis March 9, 1892, with Tom Moss Jr.
  • Creator: Griffin, W. F.
  • Date created: circa 1894
  • Description: Ida B. Wells-Barnett (left), activist, journalist, teacher, and anti-lynching leader. She is pictured with the family of Thomas H. Moss, Sr., Maurine, Betty, and Thomas, Jr. Mr. Moss, a postman and grocery store owner, was lynched in Memphis, Tennessee, 9 March 1892. The photograph was taken in Indianapolis, Indiana where his wife and children had relocated after the murder.
  • Subject:

    Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931

    Milliken, Elizabeth Cooper Moss, 1862-1910

    Browning, Maurine Moss, 1891-1971

    Moss, Thomas Henry, 1892-1906

    Moss, Thomas Henry, died 1892

    African American women civil rights workers

  • Type: Image
  • Format: Photographic prints
  • Spatial: Indianapolis, Indiana