Ida B. the queen : the extraordinary life and legacy of Ida B. Wells

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Full Title:: Ida B. the queen : the extraordinary life and legacy of Ida B. Wells / Michelle Duster and Hannah Giorgis

Genre:: Biography
Biographies
Subjects:: Wells-Barnett, Ida B.,1862-1931
African American women civil rights workers--Biography
African American women journalists--Biography
African American women social reformers--Biography
Civil rights workers--United States--Biography
African American women--Biography
Biography

Table of Contents:: Who was Ida B. Wells? -- Who Ida was to me -- A voice for the people -- How Ida became Ida -- 400 years of progress -- A powerful legacy -- Monumental.
Summary:: Written by her great-granddaughter, a historical portrait of the boundary-breaking civil rights pioneer covers Wells' early years as a slave, her famous acts of resistance, and her achievements as a journalist and anti-lynching activist.
Journalist. Suffragist. Antilynching crusader. Ida B. Wells was born enslaved in Holly Springs, Mississippi, in 1862. Though she died in 1931, her impact looms large over the country's slow movements toward progress. In this inspiring and accessible biography Duster, Wells' great-granddaughter, tells the incredible story of Wells's life, including stories from her childhood in Mississippi, committing herself to the needs of those who did not have power, and cofounding the NAACP. -- adapted from back cover and page 7 of first chapter.
Language:: English
Physical Type/Description:: vii, 168 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm