The messages came suddenly, and in great numbers. Friends. Colleagues. Acquaintances. Even strangers on Facebook and X. People kept asking Michelle Duster the same question: Was Nolan Wells — the Black 18-year-old from Mississippi whose death this month has triggered national outrage and demands for justice — really a descendant of Ida B. Wells? “I […]
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