Ida B. Wells, Voice of Truth : Educator, Feminist, and Anti-Lynching Civil Rights Leader
(2022)

Nonfiction

eBook

Provider: hoopla

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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 2022
Made available through hoopla
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (40 pages)

ISBN/ISSN
9781250867704 MWT18078034, 1250867703 18078034
LANGUAGE
English
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Ida B. Wells, Voice of Truth is an inspiring picture book biography of the groundbreaking journalist and civil rights activist as told by her great-granddaughter Michelle Duster and illustrated by Coretta Scott King Award Honoree artist Laura Freeman. Ida B. Wells was an educator, journalist, feminist, businesswoman, newspaper owner, public speaker, suffragist, civil rights activist, and women's club leader. She was a founder of the NAACP, the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, the Alpha Suffrage Club, and the Negro Fellowship League. She wrote, spoke, and traveled, challenging the racist and sexist norms of her time. Faced with criticism and threats to her life, she never gave up. This is her extraordinary true story, as told by her great-granddaughter Michelle Duster and beautifully brought to life by Coretta Scott King Award Honoree artist Laura Freeman

Mode of access: World Wide Web

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