Displaying 1 of 1 2009 Title: Ida : a sword among lions : Ida B. Wells and the campaign against lynching Author: Giddings, Paula. Edition: First Amistad paperback edition Format: Book Publisher, Date: New York : Amistad, 2009. Description: xiv, 800 pages, [16] un-numbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 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. African American women -- Biography. African American women civil rights workers -- Biography. African American women social reformers -- Biography. Lynching. Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography. Social reformers -- United States -- Biography. Genre: Biographies. Other Title: Sword among lions Ida B. Wells and the campaign against lynching Contents: 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 9780060797362 Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Find It Map It Suggestions and more Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
