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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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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 08-637
JFE 08-3847
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