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Ida : a sword among lions : Ida B. Wells and the campaign against lynching
- Title
- Ida : a sword among lions : Ida B. Wells and the campaign against lynching / Paula J. Giddings.
- Author
- Giddings, Paula.
- Publication
- New York, N.Y. : Amistad, 2008.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 08-3847 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc E 08-637 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Details
- Description
- xii, 800 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.; 24 cm.
- 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.
- Alternative Title
- Sword among lions
- Ida B. Wells and the campaign against lynching
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- 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.
- Call Number
- Sc E 08-637
- ISBN
- 9780060519216
- 0060519215
- OCLC
- 149167871
- Author
- Giddings, Paula.
- Title
- Ida : a sword among lions : Ida B. Wells and the campaign against lynching / Paula J. Giddings.
- Imprint
- New York, N.Y. : Amistad, 2008.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 08-637JFE 08-3847