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2023-09-17 23:23:14 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 8B32786886C7A07102DA4F2C75D927E81914EBA7775960025D83528C6ED7721C
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Ida Wells was a Republican. She died in March of 1931. During her lifetime the Democrat party was viciously against political & civil rights of minorities, particularly African Americans. Democrats through the KKK and Jim Crow pushed for 1 party rule which she opposed. https://www.sandiegonewsdesk.com/2021/03/republicans-in-history-ida-b-wells/ https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/cambridge-guide-to-african-american-history/ku-klux-klan-kkk/AF98C32F011BFB6DBD98879DE0F08C73 https://www.history.com/topics/us-government-and-politics/democratic-party
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