Ida B. Wells / by Diane Bailey.
Material type: TextSeries: Discovering history's heroesPublisher: New York : Aladdin, 2019Edition: First Aladdin hardcover editionDescription: 142 pages ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781534424852
- 1534424857
- 9781534424845
- 1534424849
- Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931 -- Juvenile literature
- African American women civil rights workers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- African American women educators -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- African American women journalists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- United States -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans -- Social conditions -- To 1964 -- Juvenile literature
- Lynching -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's Biography | Wells-Ba I. B154 | Available | 33111009378106 | ||||
Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Biography | Wells-Ba I. B154 | Available | 33111009698933 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Jeter Publishing presents a brand-new series that celebrates men and women who altered the course of history but may not be as well-known as their counterparts.
Ida B. Wells was an African-American journalist and activist who led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s.
On one fateful train ride from Memphis to Nashville, in May 1884, Wells reached a personal turning point. Having bought a first-class train ticket, she was outraged when the train crew ordered her to move to the car for African Americans. She refused and was forcibly removed from the train--but not before she bit one of the men on the hand. Wells sued the railroad, winning a $500 settlement. However, the decision was later overturned by the Tennessee Supreme Court.
This injustice led Ida B. Wells to pick up a pen to write about issues of race and politics in the South. Using the moniker "Iola," a number of her articles were published in black newspapers and periodicals. Wells eventually became an owner of the Memphis Free Speech and Headlight , and, later, of the Free Speech .
She even took on the subject of lynching, and in 1898, Wells brought her anti-lynching campaign to the White House, leading a protest in Washington, DC, and calling for President William McKinley to make reforms.
Ida B. Wells never backed down in the fight for justice.
"Fighter for justice." -- cover.
Presents the life and accomplishments of the activist, educator, writer, journalist, suffragette, and pioneering voice against the horrors of lynching who set out to better the lives of African-Americans long before the Civil Rights Movement.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [141]-142).