The investigation explores three key pillars of Ames's reported mission:

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The BBC investigation suggests that while Ames had her flaws—including a complicated relationship with Black civil rights leaders like Ida B. Wells—her strategic use of white privilege was a turning point in the eventual decline of public mob violence in the South.