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Author:

Giddings, Paula.

Title:

Ida : a sword among lions : Ida B. Wells and the campaign against lynching / Paula J. Giddings.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Amistad,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

xii, 800 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Wells-Barnett, Ida B.,--1862-1931.
African American women--Biography.
African American women civil rights workers--Biography.
African American women social reformers--Biography.
Lynching.
Wells-Barnett, Ida B.,--1862-1931.
Civil rights--United States--Biography.
Journalists--United States--Biography.
Lynching--United States--History.
United States--Race relations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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.

ISBN:

0060797363 (pbk.) :
9780060797362 (pbk.) :
0060519215
9780060519216

OCLC:

(OCoLC)149167871

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

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AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)

AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

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