Title: Ida : a sword among lions : Ida B. Wells and the campaign against lynching /
Authors: Giddings, Paula.
Publisher: Amistad,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Wells-Barnett, Ida B.,; Wells-Barnett, Ida B.,; African American women Biography; African American women civil rights workers Biography; African American women social reformers Biography.; Lynching.; Civil rights United States Biography.; Journalists United States Biography.; Lynching United States History.; United States Race relations.; United States Race relations
Abstract: 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.
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.