And as one might expect of the Smithsonian, which is dedicated to research and teaching, there are volumes upon volumes of books. A set of campaign-flavored paper-doll books sits tucked away in a ...

Michelle Duster Portrait of Ida B. Wells in 1893 by Sallie E. Garrity. Image courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. My great-grandmother, Ida B. Wells, was a very ...