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The Memphis Diary of Ida B. Wells: An Intimate Portrait of the Activist as a Young Woman

The Memphis Diary of Ida B. Wells: An Intimate Portrait of the Activist as a Young Woman - Paperback

by Ida B. Wells-Barnett
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Availability:In StockContributor:Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Miriam Decosta-Willis (Editor), Mary Helen Washington (Foreword by)Series:Black Women Writers SeriesPublish date:1995-10-31Pages:240
Language:EnglishPublisher:Beacon PressISBN-13:9780807070659ISBN-10:807070653UPC:9780807070659Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Social Science, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, Ethnic Studies, Civil RightsBook Topic:AmericanSize:8.97 x 6.00 x 0.68 inchesWeight:0.7716Product ID:SCM0WCAJMQ
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.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Beacon PressISBN-13:9780807070659ISBN-10:807070653UPC:9780807070659Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Social Science, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, Ethnic Studies, Civil RightsBook Topic:AmericanSize:8.97 x 6.00 x 0.68 inchesWeight:0.7716Product ID:SCM0WCAJMQ
Ida B. Wells-Barnett (1862-1931) was a prominent journalist, suffragist, and cofounder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). She used investigative journalism techniques to document and expose lynching in the United States. Her published works include Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases and The Red Record Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynching in the United States, as well as The Memphis Diary of Ida B. Wells.
Publisher: Beacon Press

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Revised Edition

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Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Miriam Decosta-Willis (Editor), Mary Helen Washington (Foreword by)

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Ida B. Wells-Barnett

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