Overview
Seventy-one years before Rosa Parksās 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 Wellsās career, andāwhen hate crimes touched her life personallyāshe mounted what was to become her lifeās work: an anti-lynching crusade that captured international attention.
This volume covers the entire scope of Wellsās remarkable career, collecting her early writings, articles exposing the horrors of lynching, essays from her travels abroad, and her later journalism.Ā The Light of TruthĀ is both an invaluable resource for study and a testament to Wellsās long career as a civil rights activist.
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This book title, The Light of Truth (Writings of an Anti-Lynching Crusader), ISBN: 9780143106821, by Ida B. Wells, Mia Bay, Mia Bay, Mia Bay, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., published by Penguin Publishing Group (November 25, 2014) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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