The Memphis Diary of Ida B. Wells
1994
First Published
4.03
Average Rating
240
Number of Pages
Published for the first time in its century, this "meticulously edited contribution to the study of American women's diaries and late-19th-century women's and black history" ( Kirkus Reviews) offers an intimate look at the hopes, thoughts and day-to-day life of the young woman who would later become the celebrated civil rights activist and antilynching crusader.
Avg Rating
4.03
Number of Ratings
65
5 STARS
34%
4 STARS
46%
3 STARS
14%
2 STARS
2%
1 STARS
5%
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Author
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Author · 14 books
Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (1862–1931) was an African-American journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, sociologist and, with her husband, newspaper owner Ferdinand L. Barnett, an early leader in the civil rights movement. She documented lynching in the United States, showing how it was often a way to control or punish blacks who competed with whites, often under the guise of rape charges. She was active in women's rights and the women's suffrage movement, establishing several notable women's organizations. Wells was a skilled and persuasive rhetorician, and traveled internationally on lecture tours. (from Wikipedia)
