Posthumous Honors
2025
Ida B Wells is one of the 20 women selected by the United States Mint to be honored with U.S. Quarter as part of the American Women Quarters Program (5 women each over 4 years from 2022-2025) She is one of 5 in the final group which was released in 2025. Order the quarters through the United States Mint.
Download the coloring page of the quarter here.
2022
January 11 - Ida B. Wells Barbie doll launched by Mattel as part of Inspiring Women Series
March 27 - Dedication ceremony for Equality Trailblazers Suffrage Monument in Memphis, TN. Ida B. Wells is one of 13 featured.
March 27 - Fourth Street renamed Ida B. Wells Street in Memphis, TN
December 15 - Inducted into Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Experience Hall of Fame
2021
June 30 - Light of Truth: Ida B. Wells National Monument installed
July 16 - Ida B. Wells statue and plaza installed in Memphis, TN
May 16 - Dedication ceremony for Turning Point Suffragist Memorial in Lorton, VA which includes Ida B. Wells
January - Woodrow Wilson High School in Portland, OR changed their name to Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School
2020
May 4 - Awarded posthumous Pulitzer Prize Special Citation
May 13 - 2nd edition of Crusade for Justice published
2019
February 11 - Ida B. Wells Drive street sign unveiling ceremony
July 13 - Unveiling of historical marker in town square of Holly Springs, Mississippi
July 16 - Shelby County, Tennessee declared Ida B. Wells' July 16th birthday as Ida B. Wells Day
July 20 - Unveiling of historical marker and honorary Ida B. Wells Way at 37th and King Drive in Chicago
August - Inducted into Mississippi Writers Trail
2018
March 8 - Posthumous obituary in The New York Times
July 25 - Major downtown Chicago street Congress Parkway renamed to Ida B. Wells Drive
2011 Inducted into Chicago Literary Hall of Fame
2010 - Room co-named after Ida B. Wells in United States Senate Russell Building
2002 - Ida B. Wells Homes started to be torn down (last building gone in 2011)
1996 - The Ida B. Wells Family Art Gallery was established in Holly Springs, MS . The name was changed to the Ida B. Wells-Barnett Museum in 2002.
1995 - Oct 2 - Ida B. Wells-Barnett's house designated a Chicago Landmark
1991 - Post office in her hometown of Holly Springs, MS renamed to Ida B. Wells Station
1990 - United States Postal Service issued stamp as part of Black Heritage series
1989 - Documentary film, Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice, directed by William Greaves, aired on PBS' The American Experience Series
1988
The Ida B. Wells Memorial Foundation was started by five of her grandchildren.
Inducted into National Women's Hall of Fame
1987 - Historic marker placed on Beale Street
1985 - Inducted into Tennessee Newspaper Hall of Fame
1974 - Ida B. Wells-Barnett's house at 3624 S. King Drive gained National Landmark status
1970 - Her autobiography, Crusade for Justice, edited by her daughter, Alfreda M. Duster, was published
1941 - Ida B. Wells Homes opened in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood