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Ida:A Sword Among Lions
Ida B. Wells and the Campaign Against Lynching
by Paula J. Giddings
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In this powerful, disturbing, and heroic biography, Paula J. Giddings vividly tell the story of an often neglected champion of civil rights, Ida B. Wells, an orphan, unmarried, and impoverished African-American woman from Mississippi woman who became a fearless journalist and one of the most outspoken opponents of lynching and other atrocities committed by white Southerners during the era of Reconstruction. IDA: A SWORD AMONG LIONS was selected as a finalist for the 2008 National Book Critics Circle Award in the Biography category.
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9780060519216,
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Amistad Pr,
2008
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Publisher Notes
A definitive portrait of the civil rights leader best known for her campaign against lynching practices discusses how her achievements altered the ways in which African-American women are regarded, in a profile that also covers such topics as her role in the black women's national movement.
Media Reviews
"Paula Giddings's devoted and scrupulous biography is not the first study of this pioneering woman, but it is a comprehensive work that attempts to portray her as part of the progressive movement that emerged among the black bourgeoisie in post-bellum America."
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