To tell the truth freely : the life of Ida B. Wells / Mia Bay.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bay, Mia
Language:English
Published: New York : Hill and Wang, 2009.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
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.
African Americans > Civil rights > History.
African Americans > Social conditions > To 1964.
Lynching > United States > History.
United States > Race relations.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:viii, 374 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
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.