Ida : a sword among lions : Ida B. Wells and the campaign against lynching / Paula J. Giddings.
Edition:
1st Amistad pbk. ed.
Publisher:
Amistad,
Copyright Date:
2009
Description:
xiv, 800 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 2008. "Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Winner [2009]" -- Book cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. [733]-766) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Sword among lions -- 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.
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.
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