Crusade for justice : the autobiography of Ida B. Wells / edited by Alfreda M. Duster.
Ida B. Wells (1862-1931) was one of the foremost crusaders against black oppression. This engaging memoir tells of her private life as mother of a growing family as well as her public activities as teacher, lecturer, and journalist in her fight against attitudes and laws oppressing blacks.
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
[1970]
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Table of Contents:
- Born into slavery
- Hard beginnings
- New opportunities
- Iola
- The ''free speech'' days
- Lynching at the curve
- Leaving Memphis behind
- At the hands of a mob
- To tell the truth freely
- The homesick exile
- Light from the human torch
- Through England and Scotland
- Breaking the silent indifference
- An indiscreet letter
- Final days in London
- "To the seeker of truth"
- ''Inter-ocean'' letters
- In Liverpool
- In Manchester
- In Bristol
- Newcastle notes
- Memories of London
- "You can't change the record"
- Last days in Britain
- A regrettable interview
- Remembering English friends
- Susan B. Anthony
- Ungentlemanly and unchristian
- Satin and orange blossom
- A divided duty
- Again in the public eye
- New projects
- Club life and politics
- A Negro theater
- Negro Fellowship League
- Illinois lynchings
- NAACP
- Steve Green and "Chicken Joe" Campbell
- Seeking the Negro vote
- Protest to the governor
- World War I and Negro soldiers
- The Equal Rights League
- East Saint Louis riot
- Arkansas riot
- The tide of hatred
- The price of liberty.