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The light of truth : writings of an anti-lynching crusader

Title
The light of truth : writings of an anti-lynching crusader / Ida B. Wells ; edited with an introduction and notes by Mia Bay ; general editor, Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Author
Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931
Publication
New York, New York : Penguin Books, 2014.

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Additional Authors
  • Bay, Mia
  • Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.
Description
xxxvi, 581 pages; 21 cm.
Summary
"The broadest and most comprehensive collection of writings available by an early civil and women's rights pioneer . Seventy-one years before Rosa Parks's courageous act of resistance, police dragged a young Black journalist named Ida B. Wells off a train for refusing to give up her seat. The experience shaped Wells's career, and--when hate crimes touched her life personally--she mounted what was to become her life's work: an anti-lynching crusade that captured international attention. This volume covers the entire scope of Wells's remarkable career, collecting her early writings, articles exposing the horrors of lynching, essays from her travels abroad, and her later journalism. The Light of Truth is both an invaluable resource for study and a testament to Wells' long career as a civil rights activist"--
Series Statement
Penguin classics
Uniform Title
  • Works. Selections
  • Penguin classics.
Alternative Title
Works.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
"Iola, the Princess of the Press" : Wells's Early Writings -- To Call a Thing by Its True Name : Wells's Crusade Against Lynching -- Ida B. Wells Abroad -- The Crusade Continues -- Twentieth-Century Journalism and Letters.
Call Number
Sc D 15-312
ISBN
  • 9780143106821
  • 0143106821
LCCN
2014017162
OCLC
871192202
Author
Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931, author.
Title
The light of truth : writings of an anti-lynching crusader / Ida B. Wells ; edited with an introduction and notes by Mia Bay ; general editor, Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Publisher
New York, New York : Penguin Books, 2014.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Penguin classics
Penguin classics.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
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Local Subject
Black author.
Added Author
Bay, Mia, editor, writer of introduction.
Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., editor.
Research Call Number
Sc D 15-312
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