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Ida B. Wells
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Presents the life and accomplishments of the activist, educator, writer, journalist, suffragette, and pioneering voice against the horrors of lynching who set out to better the lives of African-Ame...
Presents the life and accomplishments of the activist, educator, writer, journalist, suffragette, and pioneering voice against the horrors of lynching who set out to better the lives of African-Americans long before the Civil Rights Movement.
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- Creator
- by Diane Bailey
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First Aladdin hardcover edition
- New York : Aladdin, 2019
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 142 pages ; 22 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781534424852, 1534424857, 9781534424845, 1534424849, 9781534424869, 9781534424869
- OCLC
- on1033574341
- "Fighter for justice." -- cover.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-142).
- The train to Holly Springs -- Growing up free -- Head of the class -- Kicked off a train -- Life in Memphis -- Princess of the press -- A terrible tragedy -- Driven out -- Taking the stage -- "You have the story" -- The World's Fair -- Staying busy -- Starting a family -- "A bull in a China shop" -- Working together -- Standing up to the sheriff -- Rising violence -- Back to the South -- Staying in the spotlight -- "The light of truth"
Subjects
- Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931 -- Juvenile literature.
- African American women civil rights workers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
- Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
- African American women educators -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
- African American women journalists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
- United States -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature.
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- Juvenile literature.
- African Americans -- Social conditions -- To 1964 -- Juvenile literature.
- Lynching -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
- Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931.
Children's Subject Heading
- African American women civil rights workers.
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- Civil rights workers.
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- African American women educators.
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- African American women journalists.
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- United States -- Race relations.
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- African Americans -- Civil rights -- History.
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- African Americans -- Social conditions -- To 1964.
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- Lynching -- History.
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- African Americans -- Biography.
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- Women -- Biography.
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