Which journalist published statistics about lynching and urged protest by boycotting streetcars?

Which journalist published statistics about lynching and urged protest by boycotting streetcars?

• A. Ida B. Wells
• B. Marcus Garvey
• C. W. E. B. Du Bois
• D. Booker T. Washington

Answer: (A)

This question tests how a journalist used data to confront racial violence and called for direct action to push change. Ida B. Wells was a pioneering Black journalist who published detailed statistics about lynching and used her reporting to mobilize protest. She produced campaigns and writings that exposed how often lynching occurred and argued for economic and social pressure as a form of resistance, including urging boycotts of streetcars to challenge segregation and injustice. The other figures—Marcus Garvey, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Booker T. Washington—were influential leaders with different focuses and methods, not known for publishing lynching statistics or promoting streetcar boycotts.

This question tests how a journalist used data to confront racial violence and called for direct action to push change. Ida B. Wells was a pioneering Black journalist who published detailed statistics about lynching and used her reporting to mobilize protest. She produced campaigns and writings that exposed how often lynching occurred and argued for economic and social pressure as a form of resistance, including urging boycotts of streetcars to challenge segregation and injustice. The other figures—Marcus Garvey, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Booker T. Washington—were influential leaders with different focuses and methods, not known for publishing lynching statistics or promoting streetcar boycotts.