Book
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- ALMA POWELL: Children's Collection
- EASTWOOD: Children's Collection
Ida Wells : journalist and activist
Publication Information
Minneapolis, Minnesota : Abdo Publishing, 2020.
Physical Description
48 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series
Summary
"In the late 1800s and early 1900s, mobs of white people killed thousands of African Americans in the United States. These killings were called lynchings. Mobs lynched Black people for minor or perceived insults. Often the victims had not committed a crime. But they did not receive a fair trial. White people used lynchings to control and oppress Black people. Black journalist Ida Wells was one of the first to investigate lynchings. She researched and documented more than 700 lynchings. Her work helped expose widespread violence against African Americans..." - page 4.
Notes
Includes index.
Contents
- A letter from Duchess
- Separate and not equal
- Childhood and early career
- Speaking out
- Making a difference
- Fast facts
- Stop and think.
Subjects
- African American women journalists > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- African American educators > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- African American women civil rights workers > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Women journalists > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Women educators > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Civil rights workers > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- African Americans > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Women > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931 > Juvenile literature.