Bibliograph

Ida B. Wells, mother of the civil rights movement, Dennis Brindell Fradin and Judith Bloom Fradin

Type

Label

Ida B. Wells, mother of the civil rights movement, Dennis Brindell Fradin and Judith Bloom Fradin

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-170) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Ida B. Wells

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

41646025

Responsibility statement

Dennis Brindell Fradin and Judith Bloom Fradin

Sub title

mother of the civil rights movement

Summary

Story of Ida B. Wells, one of the great, yet one of the least known, civil rights leaders. A promised journalist, she is remembered for her leadership in women's voting rights, the NAACP, and anti-lynching

Table Of Contents

1. "Let your prayers be songs of faith and hope" -- 2. A butterfly schoolgirl -- 3. The princess of the press -- 4. The lynching that changed Ida's life -- 5. "I saw them burn the nigger, didn't I, Mama?" -- 6. Light from the human torch -- 7. "A work which nobody else will do" -- 8. "A special call for special work" -- 9. "Mother, if you don't go, nobody else will!" -- 10. "Reaching the boys and men who were farthest down and out" -- 11. The tide of hatred -- 12. "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty" -- The legacy of Ida B. Wells-Barnett

Target audience

juvenile

Classification