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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Ida B Wells-Barnett; Ida B Wells-Barnett |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Linda McMurry Edwards |
| ISBN: | 0195088123 9780195088120 |
| OCLC Number: | 38521417 |
| Description: | xvi, 400 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. Childhood and Early Adulthood -- 2. Memphis and the Railroad Suits -- 3. Social Activities of the Black Elite -- 4. Coping with Gender Roles and Spirituality -- 5. Moving from Teaching to Journalism -- 6. Editorship of the Free Speech -- 7. The Memphis Lynchings -- 8. Indictment of Lynching -- 9. Antilynching Lectures -- 10. Taking the Message to the World -- 11. The Continued Crusade -- 12. Balancing Womanhood and Activism -- 13. Organizational Efforts and Problems -- 14. Community and Interracial Activities -- 15. New Crusades for Justice -- 16. Prejudice, Protest, and Politics -- 17. Defending Freedom until Death. |
| Responsibility: | Linda O. McMurry. |
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Abstract:
In the generation that followed Frederick Douglass, no African American was more prominent, or more outspoken, than Ida B. Wells. Her crusade against lynching in the 1890s made her famous, or notorious, across America, and she was seriously considered as a rival to W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington for race leadership. This book is the first full biography of Wells, a passionate crusader for black people and women - and one who was sometimes torn by her conflicting loyalties to race and gender.
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