| The Light of Truth: Writings of an Anti-Lynching Crusader Contributor(s): Wells, Ida B. (Author), Bay, Mia (Editor), Bay, Mia (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0143106821 ISBN-13: 9780143106821 Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $19.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Social Science | Discrimination & Race Relations |
| Dewey: 364.1 |
| LCCN: 2014017162 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5" W x 7.6" (0.98 lbs) 624 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The broadest and most comprehensive collection of writings available by an early civil and women's rights pioneer Seventy-one years before Rosa Parks's courageous act of resistance, police dragged a young black journalist named Ida B. Wells off a train for refusing to give up her seat. The experience shaped Wells's career, and--when hate crimes touched her life personally--she mounted what was to become her life's work: an anti-lynching crusade that captured international attention. This volume covers the entire scope of Wells's remarkable career, collecting her early writings, articles exposing the horrors of lynching, essays from her travels abroad, and her later journalism. The Light of Truth is both an invaluable resource for study and a testament to Wells's long career as a civil rights activist. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |