Crusade for justice : the autobiography of Ida B. Wells /

Crusade for justice : the autobiography of Ida B. Wells /

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Author / Creator:	Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931, author.
Edition:	Second edition.
Imprint:	Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2020. ©2020
Description:	xxxii, 385 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Wells-Barnett, Ida B., -- 1862-1931. Wells-Barnett, Ida B., -- 1862-1931. African American women -- Biography. African American women. Autobiographies. Biographies. Autobiographies.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12536192

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Other authors / contributors:	Duster, Alfreda, 1904-1983, editor. Ewing, Eve L., writer of foreword. Duster, Michelle, writer of afterword.
ISBN:	9780226691428 022669142X 9780226691565
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Ida B. Wells (1862-1931) is now a Chicago icon and a shining example of fearless grit and truth-telling. Born into slavery, she lost both parents at the age of sixteen and supported five siblings by teaching school. As perhaps the first investigative journalist, she crusaded against lynching and for women's suffrage. She worked with Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony; she co-founded the NAACP and started the Alpha Suffrage Club here in Chicago; she is the first African American woman to have a street named after her in Chicago. This autobiography, edited by Ida B.'s daughter, Afreda Duster, was first published 1970 in a series edited by John Hope Franklin. Alfreda's daughter, Michelle Duster, who has spent years championing her grandmother's memory, has provided a new afterword. We are bringing out the second edition to mark the centennial (June, 2020) of Illinois ratifying the 19th amendment, giving women the vote. Wells was active in the suffrage movement. The new edition has been re-designed and includes four new halftones and a new foreword by Eve Ewing"--

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