Binding: Paperback
Description: She fought a lonely and almost single - handed fight with the single - mindedness of a crusader long before men or women of any race entered the arena; and the measure of success she achieved goes far beyond the credit she has been given in the history of the country. Alfreda M. Duster Ida B. Wells is an American icon of truth telling. Born to slaves she was a pioneer of investigative journalism a crusader against lynching and a tireless advocate for suffrage both for women and for African Americans. She co - founded the Naacp started the Alpha Suffrage Club in Chicago and was a leader in the early civil rights movement working alongside W. E. B. Du Bois Madam C. J. Walker Mary Church Terrell Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony. This engaging memoir originally published 1970, relates Wells's private life as a mother as well as her public activities as a teacher lecturer and journalist in her fight for equality and justice. This updated edition includes a new foreword by Eve L. Ewing new images and a new afterword by Ida B. Wells's great - granddaughter Michelle Duster.
Title: Crusade For Justice The Autobiography Of Ida B. Wells Second Edition
Author(s): Wells Ida B., Alfreda M. Duster
Publisher: The University Of Chicago Press
Barcode: 9780226691428
Pages: 496 Pages
Publication Date: 5/13/2020
Series: Negro American Biographies & Autobiographies NABA
Category: Black & Asian Studies