This work describes the journalism careers of four black women within the context of the period in which they lived and worked. Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Mary Church Terrell, Alice Dunbar-Nelson and Amy Jacques Garvey were among a group of approximately twenty black women journalists who wrote for newspapers, magazines and other media during the late n

1. Introduction 2. Ida B. Wells-Barnett: Militant Muckraker 3. Mary Church Terrell: Captivating Crusader 4. Alice Dunbar-Nelson: Writing During the Jim Crow Era 5. Amy Jacques Garvey: Mouthpiece for a Movement 6. Conclusion