Ida B. Wells-Barnett was an early sociologist whose contributions to the field have only recently been examined. She is best known for her work
A) on the design of cities.
B) aimed at improving the lives of urban immigrants and the homeless.
C) in the antilynching movement.
D) with the NAACP.

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Ida B. Wells-Barnett is best known for her work in the antilynching movement, in which she gathered and published statistics on lynching and advocated for anti-lynching laws. She also wrote extensively on race relations and was a founding member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), but her contributions to sociology have only recently been recognized.

Ida B Wells-Barnett Was an Early Sociologist Whose Contributions to the the Field