Displaying 1 of 1 2008 Format: Book Author: Giddings, Paula. Title: Ida : a sword among lions : Ida B. Wells and the campaign against lynching / Paula J. Giddings. Edition: 1st ed. Publisher, Date: New York, N.Y. : Amistad, 2008. Description: xii, 800 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm Summary: Traces the life and legacy of the nineteenth-century activist and pioneer, documenting her birth into slavery, her career as a journalist and a pioneer for civil rights and suffrage, and her determination to counter lynching. Subjects: Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931. Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931. Wells-Barnett, Ida B. 1862-1931 Wells-Barnett, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931. Wells-Barnett, Ida B. Geschichte African American women -- Biography. African American women civil rights workers -- Biography. African American women social reformers -- Biography. Lynching. Noires américaines -- Biographies. Défenseuses des droits de l'homme noires américaines -- Biographies. Réformatrices sociales noires américaines -- Biographies. Lynchage. African American women. African American women civil rights workers. African American women social reformers. Lynching. Race relations. Lynchjustiz activisme -- Afro-Américain (peuple) -- lynchage -- Etats-Unis -- 19e s. (fin) -- 20e s. (début) Civil rights -- United States -- Biography. Journalists -- United States -- Biography. Lynching -- United States -- History. United States -- Race relations. États-Unis -- Relations raciales. United States. USA -- Südstaaten United States -- Race relations. Genre: Biographie. collective biographies. Biographies. Biographies. Biographies. Other Title: Sword among lions Ida B. Wells and the campaign against lynching Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. ALA Black Caucus Award, 2009 (Nonfiction) Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award, 2008 Contents: Sword among lions -- Holly Springs -- The new city and the ladies' car -- A breath of life, a winter of discontent -- Love and trouble -- A race in my arms -- City of the three murdered men -- Exodus -- "The truth about lynching" -- The loveliest lynchee was Our Lord -- Light from a human torch -- St. Joan and old man eloquent -- Exile no more -- "Let us confer together" -- Undivided duty -- Mobocracy in America -- Bull in the China shop -- Chicago and the wizard -- Calls -- Smoldering bridges -- The ladies' band -- The Alpha Suffrage Club -- Unsafe for democracy -- Known race agitator -- Prisoners of war -- Unfriendly takeovers -- The price of liberty. ISBN: 9780060519216 0060519215 9780060797362 0060797363 Other Number: 149167871 System Availability: 2 # System items in: 2 # Local items: 2 # Local items in: 2 Current Holds: 0 Place Hold Add to My List Share Expand All | Collapse All Where is it? Suggestions and more Large Cover Image Librarian's View Series Information Similar Titles Similar Series Summary Reader Reviews Displaying 1 of 1
