Blessings Ida B. Wells on your 151st Birthday Anniversary (July 16, 1862 – March 25, 1931) R.I.P. " This wood carving of civil rights activist Ida B. Wells was inspired by a column by Ann Moss Betts in the April 27, 1997 Tennessean. The gist of the article was that there were people in many walks of life deserving of the honor of being commemorated by a statue but that most public sculpture in Nashville depicted either military heroes or politicians. She mentioned Ida B. Wells among several that she thought were deserving of such commemoration. I wrote her of my intention to make a portrait bust of Ida B. Wells. With her advice and with the additional help of Tennessean columnist Dwight Lewis, I was able to get my carving accepted and displayed by the National Civil Rights Museum, 450 Mulberry Street, Memphis, TN, 38103. It was featured in the Third Quarter, 1998 issue of Precept & Example, a Journal of the National Civil Rights Museum. The National Civil Rights Museum loaned my Ida B. Wells bust to the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library in West Branch, Iowa to be included in an exhibition called "American Women!". This exhibition opened April 22 and closed October 29, 2000." lyneart/IDA.HTM
Posted on: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 05:41:09 +0000
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