Title Ida Wells : journalist and activist / by Duchess Harris, JD, PHD ; with Samantha S. Bell ; [Editor: Maddie Spalding]. [Boundless electronic resource]

Publication Info.	Minneapolis, Minnesota : Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, [2020]
	?2020

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Description	1 online resource (48 pages) : illustrations, map.
	text file rda
Series	Freedom's promise
	Harris, Duchess. Freedom's promise.
Contents	A letter from Duchess -- Separate and not equal -- Childhood and early career -- Speaking out -- Making a difference -- Fast facts -- Stop and think.
Summary	"In the late 1800s and early 1900s, mobs of white people killed thousands of African Americans in the United States. These killings were called lynchings. Mobs lynched Black people for minor or perceived insults. Often the victims had not committed a crime. But they did not receive a fair trial. White people used lynchings to control and oppress Black people. Black journalist Ida Wells was one of the first to investigate lynchings. She researched and documented more than 700 lynchings. Her work helped expose widespread violence against African Americans ..." -- Page 4.
Audience	770L Lexile
Study Program	Accelerated Reader MG 5.5 1 1 504722
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (page 46) and index.
System Details	Requires Boundless App.
Subject	Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931 -- Juvenile literature.
	Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931.
	Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931.
	Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931.
	African American women journalists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	African American educators -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	African American women civil rights workers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Women journalists -- Biography.
	Women educators -- Biography.
	Civil rights workers -- Biography.
	African Americans -- Biography.
	Women -- Biography.
	African American educators.
	African American women civil rights workers.
	African American women journalists.
Genre	Biography.
	Juvenile works.
	Biographies.
Added Author	Bell, Samantha, author.
Added Title	Journalist and activist
Other Form:	Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Harris, Duchess. Ida Wells Minneapolis, Minnesota : Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, [2020] 9781532118760 (DLC) 2018966064
ISBN	9781532172014 $55.65
	153217201X $55.65

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