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Title To tell the truth freely : the life of Ida B. Wells / Mia Bay.
Author Bay, Mia.
Publication Info. New York : Hill and Wang, 2009.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  B WELLS-BARNETT    Check Shelves
Edition 1st ed.
Description viii, 374 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-357) and index.
Contents Introduction: "If Iola were a man" -- Coming of age in Mississippi -- Walking in Memphis -- The lynching at the curve -- Exile -- Capturing the attention of the "civilized world" -- "Although a busy woman, she has found the time to marry" -- Challenging Washington, D.C., and Booker T. -- Reforming Chicago -- Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.
Subject Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931.
African American women civil rights workers -- Biography.
Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography.
African American women educators -- Biography.
African American women journalists -- Biography.
United States -- Race relations.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History.
African Americans -- Social conditions -- To 1964.
Lynching -- United States -- History.
ISBN 9780809095292 : $35.00
0809095297 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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