In the tradition of towering biographies that tell us as much about America as they do about their subject, "Ida: A Sword Among Lions" is a sweeping narrative about a country and a crusader embroiled in the struggle against lynching: a practice that imperiled not only the lives of black men and women, but also a nation based on law and riven by race.
At the center of the national drama is Ida B. Wells (1862-1931), born to slaves in Mississippi, who began her activist career by refusing to leave a first-class ladies' car on a Memphis railway and rose to lead the nation's first campaign ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Amistad Pr
Date Published: 2009-03-01
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Publisher: Amistad
Date Published: 2009
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Publisher: Amistad Pr
Date Published: 2008-03-11
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Date Published: 2008
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"Ida B. Wells was a journalist and tireless campaigner against lynching around the turn of the 20th century. She had a fascinating and exciting life that spanned a changing era from the end of slavery to the mid-twentieth century. Her parents were slaves, but she was able to get an education, travel, and become an important voice for equal rights for Blacks. She knew and spent time with Jane Adams, Susan B. Anthony, Frederick Douglass and WEB Du Bois, to name just a few. Her writing against lynching was considered so inflammatory, she had to flee Memphis in fear for her life. At the same time, though, while Giddings' book is well-researched, it might have been a better book for containing a little less of infighting, the back and forth letters, that make the book seem long and repetitive. I was excited to read it, as it was well-reviewed and about such an interesting, and relatively neglected, historical figure, but I'm slogging through it."
"Well, she's no Doris Kearns Goodwin and it's a hard slog but well worth it. I learned so much about the interworkings of the antiracist social movement. It's heartbreaking how she's continually marginalized but stays the course campaigning against lynching. Of course, she was clearly a prickly pear herself. A great history of lynching, feminism, Chicago politics. Very different from the breezy When and Where I Enter."
"One fascinating part of the life of one of African American history's most interesting women. Teacher, activist, one of the original founders of the NAACP, outspoken journalist, and crusader against lynching and segregation. It's hard to believe one person was so involved in civil rights, especially during a time when the consequences for speaking out could be fatal. This book takes a scholarly look at her work to bring the horrors of lynching to the attention of the nation. Good book for a movie."
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