The family of Nolan Wells’ renewed their call for the Department of Justice to conduct an independent investigation into the death of the teenager who was found dead on July 6, two days after he took a boating trip with friends on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. At an Oct. 5 press conference, Christine Wells-Wonsley reminded […]
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Ida B. Wells’ Family Is Debunking a Viral Claim About Nolan Wells
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 […]
