Lawyer Ferdinand Lee Barnett, publisher of The Conservator, the first African American newspaper in Chicago. Barnett married Ida B. Wells, activist, journalist, teacher, and anti-lynching leader in 1895.
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Title: Ferdinand Lee Barnett
Creator: unknown
Date created: 1906/1908
Description: Lawyer Ferdinand Lee Barnett, publisher of The Conservator, the first African American newspaper in Chicago. Barnett married Ida B. Wells, activist, journalist, teacher, and anti-lynching leader in 1895.