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In this collection, Wells's anti-lynching crusade comes alive. Through brilliant social analysis, she exposed lynching as part of a larger framework of subjugation in which white people used violence as a deliberate tactic to combat black economic progress in the southern USA. Wells won international renown for her investigative journalism, leading her on lecture tours around the Northern States and Europe, where she rallied support against lynching.
Wells established herself as an advocate for social justice and human dignity by combining irrefutable evidence with deeply personal emotional appeal.
This volume is edited and introduced by Wells biographer Mia Bay.
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"Wells was the most comprehensive chronicler of that common practice for which few words exist that provide sufficient condemnation. For that reason, and for Wells' immense courage, clear pen, and understanding of the nature of journalistic advocacy, this new volume ought to become required reading for anyone interested in American history or current affairs."
--Flavorwire "An enlightening read, this collection will inspire anyone who still believes that journalism can be a voice for the voiceless."
--Bust Magazine "Ida B Wells stands out because she insisted on seeing."
--Ta-Nehisi Coates
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--Flavorwire "An enlightening read, this collection will inspire anyone who still believes that journalism can be a voice for the voiceless."
--Bust Magazine "Ida B Wells stands out because she insisted on seeing."
--Ta-Nehisi Coates
Born a slave in Mississippi in 1862, Ida B. Wells began a career as a journalist reporting on major social and political issues. After the lynching of a close friend, she devoted the rest of her life to civil rights, becoming a co-founder of the NAACP.
Mia Bay is the author of two books on African American history and a biography of Ida B. Wells.
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- Publication date2014
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Seventy-one years before Rosa Parks was arrested for her courageous act of resistance, police dragged a young Black journalist named Ida B. Wells off a train for refusing to give up her seat. Wells used that experience as a jumping point towards a fruitful career as a journalist and fierce civil rights advocate. However, when hate crimes touched her life personally, Wells mounted what was to become her life's work- a vigilant anti-lynching crusade that called the attention of the American public to the prevalence of lynching. Through brilliant social analysis, Wells exposed lynching as part of a larger framework of subjugation in which white Southerners used violence as a potent, socially accepted tactic to combat Black economic progress. Wells won international renown for her investigative journalism, leading her on lecture tours around the Northern States and Europe, where she rallied international support against lynching. Throughout both her published work and her speeches, Wells established herself as a sophisticated rhetorician fighting for social justice and human dignity by combining irrefutable evidence with deeply personal emotional appeal. In the words of Frederick Douglass, Well's work is "a revelation of existing conditions."This volume, edited and introduced by Wells biographer Mia Bay, gathers a comprehensive collection of Wells's surviving work. Drawing from her early writings, exemplary pieces from her anti-lynching crusade like "Southern Horrors" and "A Red Record," articles from her travel abroad, and her late journalism, The Light of Truth offers a wide-ranging view of an early civil and women's rights pioneer, serving as both a resource for students of Wells and a testament to the the vital role of human rights activism.The broadest and most comprehensive collection of writings available by an early civil and women's rights pioneerSeventy-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 Truthis both an invaluable resource for study and a testament to Wells's long career as a civil rights activist.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Through brilliant social analysis, the author exposed lynching as part of a larger framework of subjugation in which white people used violence as a deliberate tactic to combat black economic progress in the southern USA. This book tells her story. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780143106821
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