The Memphis Diary of Ida B. Wells An Intimate Portrait of the Activist As a Young Woman |
|
| Author:
| Wells-Barnett, Ida B. |
| Editor:
| Decosta-Willis, Miriam |
| Foreword by:
| Washington, Mary Helen |
| Afterword by:
| Sterling, Dorothy |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8070-7065-9 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 1995 |
| Publisher: | Beacon Press
|
| Imprint: | Beacon Press |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $21.00 |
Book Description:
|
Published for the first time in its century, this "meticulously edited contribution to the study of American women's diaries and late-19th-century women's and black history" (Kirkus Reviews) offers an intimate look at the hopes, thoughts and day-to-day life of the young woman who would later become the celebrated civil rights activist and antilynching crusader.
Published for the first time in its century, this "meticulously edited contribution to the study of American women's diaries and late-19th-century women's and black history" (Kirkus Reviews) offers an intimate look at the hopes, thoughts and day-to-day life of the young woman who would later become the celebrated civil rights activist and antilynching crusader.