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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| 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. |
| Contents |
Holly Springs -- The new city and the ladies' car -- A breath of life, a winter of discontent -- Love and trouble -- A race in my arms -- City of the three murdered men -- Exodus -- "The truth about lynching" -- The loveliest lynchee was our Lord -- Light from a human torch -- St. Joan and Old Man Eloquent -- Exile no more -- "Let us confer together" -- Undivided duty -- Mobocracy in America -- Bull in the china shop -- Chicago and the wizard -- Calls -- Smoldering bridges -- The ladies' band -- The Alpha Suffrage Club -- Unsafe for democracy -- Known race agitator -- Prisoners of war -- Unfriendly takeovers -- The price of liberty. |
| Subject |
Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931.
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Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931. |
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African American women -- Biography.
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African American women -- Biography. |
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African American women civil rights workers -- Biography.
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African American women civil rights workers. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
African American women social reformers -- Biography.
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African American women social reformers. |
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Lynching.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights. |
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Lynching. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights. |
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African American women. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Added Title |
Sword among lions |
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Ida B. Wells and the campaign against lynching |
| ISBN |
9780061803796 (electronic book) |
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0061803790 (electronic book) |
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9780061803819 (electronic book) |
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0061803812 (electronic book) |
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