Ida B. Wells
Journalist, Advocate & Crusader for Justice
$26.93
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
19 March 2025
Summary
Meet journalist and activist Ida B. Wells in this second vibrant middle grade biography in the Rise. Risk. Remember. Incredible Stories series spotlighting Black women who left their mark on history from acclaimed and bestselling author Erica Armstrong Dunbar and Candace Buford.
Born into slavery, Ida B. Wells (1862–1931) grew up watching her family fight for Black rights during the Reconstruction Era. After receiving her education, Ida worked as an educator before moving to Memphis w…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781665919821 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1665919825 |
| Author: | Erica Armstrong Dunbar, Candace Buford |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Aladdin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 19 March 2025 |
| Weight: | 143g |
| Dimensions: | 194mm x 130mm x 13mm |
| Series: | Rise. Risk. Remember. Incredible Stories of Courageous Black Women |
About The Author
Erica Armstrong Dunbar
Erica Armstrong Dunbar is a historian and professor of African American studies at Emory University. Her first book was A Fragile Freedom: African American Women and Emancipation in the Antebellum City. Her second book, Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge, was a finalist for the National Book Award in nonfiction and a winner of the Frederick Douglass Book Award. She is also the author of She Came to Slay, an illustrated tribute to Harriet Tubman, and Susie King Taylor, and is the coexecutive producer of the HBO series The Gilded Age.
Candace Buford has always been drawn to stories with strong and complex people of color. She graduated from Duke University with a degree in German literature and holds a law degree from Penn State Law, as well as a business degree from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. She is the author of the critically acclaimed novels Kneel and Good as Gold.
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