Ida : a sword among lions : Ida B. Wells and the campaign against lynching

Ida : a sword among lions : Ida B. Wells and the campaign against lynching / Paula J. Giddings.

Traces the life and legacy of the nineteenth-century activist and pioneer, documenting her birth into slavery, her career as a journalist and a pioneer for civil rights and suffrage, and her determination to counter lynching.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Giddings, Paula
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Amistad, c2008.
Subjects:
Wells-Barnett, Ida B., > 1862-1931.
African American women > Biography.
African American women civil rights workers > Biography.
African American women social reformers > Biography.
Lynching.
Description
Summary:Traces the life and legacy of the nineteenth-century activist and pioneer, documenting her birth into slavery, her career as a journalist and a pioneer for civil rights and suffrage, and her determination to counter lynching.
Physical Description:xii, 800 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780060519216 :
0060519215 :

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