Ida B Wells Books

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Ida: A Sword Among Lions Ida: A Sword Among Lions (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.27 — 950 ratings — published 2008
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Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells (Negro American Biographies and Autobiographies) Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells (Negro American Biographies and Autobiographies)
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avg rating 4.32 — 839 ratings — published 1970
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Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.74 — 1,333 ratings — published 2021
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Why They Marched: Untold Stories of the Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote Why They Marched: Untold Stories of the Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.90 — 941 ratings — published 2019
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The Red Record The Red Record (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.45 — 538 ratings — published 1895
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Passionate for Justice: Ida B. Wells as Prophet for Our Time Passionate for Justice: Ida B. Wells as Prophet for Our Time (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.88 — 152 ratings — published 2019
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When and Where I Enter: The Impact of Black Women on Race and Sex in America When and Where I Enter: The Impact of Black Women on Race and Sex in America (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.33 — 2,073 ratings — published 1984
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Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 654 ratings — published 1892
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To Tell the Truth Freely: The Life of Ida B. Wells To Tell the Truth Freely: The Life of Ida B. Wells (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.10 — 258 ratings — published 2009
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To Keep the Waters Troubled: The Life of Ida B. Wells To Keep the Waters Troubled: The Life of Ida B. Wells (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.07 — 29 ratings — published 1999
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The Women's Suffrage Movement The Women's Suffrage Movement (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.05 — 211 ratings — published 2019
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Suffrage Song: The Haunted History of Gender, Race and Voting Rights in the U.S. Suffrage Song: The Haunted History of Gender, Race and Voting Rights in the U.S. (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.90 — 174 ratings — published 2024
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Before 13th: A Graphic Novel Before 13th: A Graphic Novel (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.13 — 60 ratings — published
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Finish the Fight: The Brave and Revolutionary Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote Finish the Fight: The Brave and Revolutionary Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 526 ratings — published 2020
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Ida, in Love and in Trouble Ida, in Love and in Trouble (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.78 — 178 ratings — published
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Ida B. Wells Marches for the Vote Ida B. Wells Marches for the Vote (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.15 — 62 ratings — published
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Yours for Justice, Ida B. Wells: The Daring Life of a Crusading Journalist Yours for Justice, Ida B. Wells: The Daring Life of a Crusading Journalist (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.24 — 161 ratings — published 2008
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How Women Won the Vote: Alice Paul, Lucy Burns, and Their Big Idea How Women Won the Vote: Alice Paul, Lucy Burns, and Their Big Idea (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 357 ratings — published 2020
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Who Was Ida B. Wells? Who Was Ida B. Wells? (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 255 ratings — published 2020
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Ida B. Wells, Voice of Truth: Educator, Feminist, and Anti-Lynching Civil Rights Leader Ida B. Wells, Voice of Truth: Educator, Feminist, and Anti-Lynching Civil Rights Leader (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.17 — 201 ratings — published 2022
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We Are Your Sisters: Black Women in the Nineteenth Century We Are Your Sisters: Black Women in the Nineteenth Century (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.32 — 62 ratings — published 1981
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Ida B. Wells-Barnett and the Antilynching Crusade Ida B. Wells-Barnett and the Antilynching Crusade (Hardcover)
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avg rating 5.00 — 2 ratings — published 1994
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Mob Rule In New Orleans  Mob Rule In New Orleans (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.15 — 234 ratings — published 1900
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Recasting the Vote: How Women of Color Transformed the Suffrage Movement Recasting the Vote: How Women of Color Transformed the Suffrage Movement (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.25 — 67 ratings — published 2020
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Slaves for Hire: Renting Enslaved Laborers in Antebellum Virginia Slaves for Hire: Renting Enslaved Laborers in Antebellum Virginia (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.50 — 2 ratings — published 2012
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The Chattel Principle: Internal Slave Trades in the Americas (The David Brion Davis Series) The Chattel Principle: Internal Slave Trades in the Americas (The David Brion Davis Series)
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avg rating 4.18 — 11 ratings — published 2004
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Strange New Land: Africans in Colonial America Strange New Land: Africans in Colonial America (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.89 — 120 ratings — published 1996
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American Slavery, American Freedom American Slavery, American Freedom (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.12 — 3,524 ratings — published 1975
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Sisters and Rebels: A Struggle for the Soul of America Sisters and Rebels: A Struggle for the Soul of America (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.05 — 83 ratings — published 2019
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Nothing But Freedom: Emancipation and Its Legacy Nothing But Freedom: Emancipation and Its Legacy (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.96 — 140 ratings — published 1983
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Christian Citizens: Reading the Bible in Black and White in the Postemancipation South Christian Citizens: Reading the Bible in Black and White in the Postemancipation South (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.33 — 15 ratings — published
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White Fright: The Sexual Panic at the Heart of America's Racist History White Fright: The Sexual Panic at the Heart of America's Racist History (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.79 — 121 ratings — published 2020
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Lynching in America: Confronting the Legacy of Racial Terror Lynching in America: Confronting the Legacy of Racial Terror (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.61 — 57 ratings — published 2015
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The Roots of Rough Justice: Origins of American Lynching The Roots of Rough Justice: Origins of American Lynching (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.25 — 4 ratings — published 2011
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A Festival of Violence: An Analysis of Southern Lynchings, 1882-1930 A Festival of Violence: An Analysis of Southern Lynchings, 1882-1930 (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.65 — 17 ratings — published 1995
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The Making of a Lynching Culture: Violence and Vigilantism in Central Texas, 1836-1916 The Making of a Lynching Culture: Violence and Vigilantism in Central Texas, 1836-1916 (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.41 — 49 ratings — published 2004
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Revolt Against Chivalry: Jessie Daniel Ames and the Women's Campaign Against Lynching Revolt Against Chivalry: Jessie Daniel Ames and the Women's Campaign Against Lynching (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.90 — 31 ratings — published 1979
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Lynching in the New South: Georgia and Virginia, 1880-1930 (Blacks in the New World) Lynching in the New South: Georgia and Virginia, 1880-1930 (Blacks in the New World)
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avg rating 4.06 — 31 ratings — published 1993
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African American Women in the Struggle for the Vote, 1850-1920 African American Women in the Struggle for the Vote, 1850-1920 (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.79 — 56 ratings — published 1998
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The Collected Works of Ida B. Wells-Barnett: PergamonMedia The Collected Works of Ida B. Wells-Barnett: PergamonMedia (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.60 — 35 ratings — published 2007
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African American Women and the Vote, 1837–1965 African American Women and the Vote, 1837–1965 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.50 — 8 ratings — published 1997
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The Light of Truth: Writings of an Anti-Lynching Crusader The Light of Truth: Writings of an Anti-Lynching Crusader (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.54 — 168 ratings — published 2014
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We Ask Only for Even-Handed Justice: Black Voices from Reconstruction, 1865-1877 We Ask Only for Even-Handed Justice: Black Voices from Reconstruction, 1865-1877 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 3 ratings — published 2014
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Freedom's Journey: African American Voices of the Civil War (The Library of Black America series) Freedom's Journey: African American Voices of the Civil War (The Library of Black America series)
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avg rating 3.20 — 5 ratings — published 2004
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A Nation Under Our Feet: Black Political Struggles in the Rural South from Slavery to the Great Migration A Nation Under Our Feet: Black Political Struggles in the Rural South from Slavery to the Great Migration (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 949 ratings — published 2003
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White Women's Rights: The Racial Origins of Feminism in the United States White Women's Rights: The Racial Origins of Feminism in the United States (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.15 — 79 ratings — published 1998
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Soul Liberty: The Evolution of Black Religious Politics in Postemancipation Virginia Soul Liberty: The Evolution of Black Religious Politics in Postemancipation Virginia (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.25 — 8 ratings — published
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Ida B. Wells-Barnett
“If Southern white men are not careful, they will overreach themselves and public sentiment will have a reaction; a conclusion will then be reached which will be very damaging to the moral reputation of their women.”
Ida B. Wells-Barnett, The Red Record