
Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells by Ida B. Wells
OVERVIEW
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.
PRODUCT INF
- Publisher : University of Chicago Press; Second edition (May 13, 2020)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 496 pages
- ISBN-10 : 022669142X
- ISBN-13 : 978-0226691428
- Item Weight : 1.1 pounds
- Dimensions : 5.5 x 1 x 8.5 inches