Ida B. Wells Ida B. Wells began her antilynching campaign in 1892 after a friend’s murder led her to examine lynching in the South. She spread her message in lectures and pamphlets like this one, distributed for fifteen cents. Wells brought the horror of lynching to national and international audiences and became a founding member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Schomburg Center, NYPL/Art Resource, NY.