Ida B. the queen : the extraordinary life and legacy of Ida B. Wells / Michelle Duster and Hannah Giorgis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duster, Michelle, author.

Giorgis, Hannah, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American women social reformers.

African American women journalists.

Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931.

Wells-Barnett, Ida B.

African American women civil rights workers--Biography.

African American women civil rights workers.

African American women journalists--Biography.

African American women social reformers--Biography.

Civil rights workers--United States--Biography.

Civil rights workers.

United States.

African American women--Biography.

African American women.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

vii, 168 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Edition:

First One Signal Publishers/Atria Books hardcover edition.

Other Title:

Extraordinary life and legacy of Ida B. Wells

Place of Publication:

New York : One Signal Publishers/Atria, 2021.

Summary:

Journalist. Suffragist. Antilynching crusader. Ida B. Wells was born enslaved in Holly Springs, Mississippi, in 1862. Though she died in 1931, her impact looms large over the country's slow movements toward progress. In this inspiring and accessible biography Duster, Wells' great-granddaughter, tells the incredible story of Wells's life, including stories from her childhood in Mississippi, committing herself to the needs of those who did not have power, and cofounding the NAACP. -- adapted from back cover and page 7 of first chapter.

Contents:

Who was Ida B. Wells?

Who Ida was to me

A voice for the people

How Ida became Ida

400 years of progress

A powerful legacy

Monumental.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-161) and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Scott fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9781982129811

1982129816

OCLC:

1231455769