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Coverage dated January 11, 2022

Ida B. Wells: Black journalist and activist honored with Barbie doll

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Mattel is releasing a new doll commemorating the legacy of Ida B. Wells for its new Inspiring Women Series.

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  1. Fox10 Phoenix

    Ida B. Wells: Black journalist and activist honored with Barbie doll (opens Fox10 Phoenix)

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    Mattel is releasing a new doll commemorating the legacy of Ida B. Wells for its new Inspiring Women Series.

  2. Wfmy News 2

    Ida B. Wells commemorated with Barbie doll (opens Wfmy News 2)

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    In 2020, Ida B. Wells was awarded a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for her reporting on the lynching of African Americans.

  3. KGW Portland

    Ida B. Wells, journalist and civil rights activist, honored with Barbie doll (opens KGW Portland)

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    In 2020, Ida B. Wells was awarded a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for her reporting on the lynching of African Americans.

  4. KRDO

    New Barbie honors journalist Ida B. Wells (opens KRDO)

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    By Leah Asmelash, CNN Ida B. Wells, the famed Black journalist who worked to expose the horrors of lynching, has now been immortalized by Barbie. The latest addition to Barbie’s “Inspiring Women” series, the Wells doll features the journalist in an 1800s-style high neck black dress, with her hair pi…

  5. CBS News

    New Barbie to honor journalist and activist Ida B. Wells (opens CBS News)

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    Wells, a journalist and one of the founders of NAACP, earned a posthumous Pulitzer citation in 2020.

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