Description
The story of how a girl born into slavery became an early leader in the civil rights movement and the most famous Black female journalist in nineteenth-century into slavery in 1862, Ida Bell Wells was freed as a result of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1865. Yet she could see how just how unjust the world was. This drove her to become a journalist and activist. Throughout her life, she fought against prejudice and for equality for African Americans. Ida B. Wells would go on to co-own a newspaper, write several books, help cofound the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and fight for women’s right to vote.
Author: Sarah Fabiny
Publisher: Penguin Workshop
Published: 6/2/2020
Pages: 112
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.2 lbs
Size: 7.6″ H x 5.4″ L x 0.2″ W
ISBN: 9780593093351
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