To Tell the Truth Freely
Born to slaves in 1862, Ida B. Wells became a fearless antilynching crusader, women''s rights advocate, and journalist. Wells''s refusal to accept any compromise on racial inequality caused her to be labeled a "dangerous radical" in her day but made her a model for later civil rights activists as well as a powerful witness to the troubled racial politics of her era. In the richly illustrated To Te...
Born to slaves in 1862, Ida B. Wells became a fearless antilynching crusader, women''s rights advocate, and journalist. Wells''s refusal to accept any compromise on racial inequality caused her to be labeled a "dangerous radical" in her day but made her a model for later civil rights activists as well as a powerful witness to the troubled racial politics of her era. In the richly illustrated To Te...
