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Ida B. Wells : mother of the civil rights movement /

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Clarion Books, c2000.Description: xii, 178 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0395898986
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 323/.092 B 21
LOC classification:
  • E185.97.W55 F73 2000
Online resources:
Contents:
1. "Let your prayers be songs of faith and hope" -- 2. A butterfly schoolgirl -- 3. The princess of the press -- 4. The lynching that changed Ida's life -- 5. "I saw them burn the nigger, didn't I, Mama?" -- 6. Light from the human torch -- 7. "A work which nobody else will do" -- 8. "A special call for special work" -- 9. "Mother, if you don't go, nobody else will!" -- 10. "Reaching the boys and men who were farthest down and out" -- 11. The tide of hatred -- 12. "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty" -- The legacy of Ida B. Wells-Barnett.
Summary: Story of Ida B. Wells, one of the great, yet one of the least known, civil rights leaders. A promised journalist, she is remembered for her leadership in women's voting rights, the NAACP, and anti-lynching.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Vol info Status Barcode
JB JB Chamberlin Free Public Library Juvenile Nonfiction JB WEL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) E185.97.W55 Available 34517000213101

Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-170) and index.

1. "Let your prayers be songs of faith and hope" -- 2. A butterfly schoolgirl -- 3. The princess of the press -- 4. The lynching that changed Ida's life -- 5. "I saw them burn the nigger, didn't I, Mama?" -- 6. Light from the human torch -- 7. "A work which nobody else will do" -- 8. "A special call for special work" -- 9. "Mother, if you don't go, nobody else will!" -- 10. "Reaching the boys and men who were farthest down and out" -- 11. The tide of hatred -- 12. "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty" -- The legacy of Ida B. Wells-Barnett.

Story of Ida B. Wells, one of the great, yet one of the least known, civil rights leaders. A promised journalist, she is remembered for her leadership in women's voting rights, the NAACP, and anti-lynching.

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