Claim: "Ida B. Wells refused to give up her seat 71 years before Rosa Parks did. At age 33, she owned the first African American newspaper in Chicago, the Chicago Conservator. Why do you never hear about her? Because she was a Republican."
Fact-check: Fact-checking a viral claim about Ida B. Wells
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Ciara O'Rourke
Date published: 2019-08-06T00:00:00