Books called ida b wells

Wells needs to be better known among the american public. Wells special collections research center, university of chicago library. Wells barnett museum in her honor that acts as a cultural center of africanamerican history. Wells negro american biographies and autobiographies, and on lynchings classics in black studies, and more on. The africanamerican press of the nineteenth century was a lively, dynamic, insistently visible force for change. Inspiring biography of courageous civil rights pioneer. Wells was an african american journalist, abolitionist and feminist who led an antilynching crusade in the united states in the 1890s. Ida born into slavery in 1862 during the civil war in holly springs. Wells was a founder of the national association for the advancement of colored people naacp, and she helped black women win the right to vote. Wellsbarnett, known for much of her public career as ida b. Ida bell wellsbarnett was an africanamerican journalist, suffragist and a civil rights activist. Wells award share nabj and the medill school of journalism at northwestern university jointly and proudly each year give the prestigious ida b. She went on to found and become integral in groups. Some correspondence by wells located in the frederick douglass papers, library of congress.

Crucial to many of these publications was the exceptional work of black women. The region had undergone previous epidemics of yellow fever, but none was as extensive or deadly as the 1878 outbreak. These journalists were of the black elite and the working class, the freeborn and the formerly enslaved. Wells barnett 18621931 was a prominent journalist, suffragist, and cofounder of the national association for the advancement of colored people naacp. If you want your children or you yourself to learn about the history of african americans, this is the book for that. Born to slavery, wells didnt just go on to become a champion of womens rights but also a successful journalist. We circulated ten thousand copies of this little book during the remaining three months of the fair. Wells barnett was born into slavery in mississippi. Decades before rosa parks, wells barnett won lawsuits regarding transportation seating. Once slavery ended, ida attended shaw university now rust college along with her mother who attended school long enough to learn how to read the bible. Wellsbarnett was one of the first africanamericans to raise an informed protest against this outrage.

Wells, one of the great, yet one of the least known, civil rights leaders. This nonfiction picture book is an excellent choice to share during homeschooling, in particular for children ages 4 to 6. But what she is most remembered for is the success of her lifelong crusade against the practice of lynching called. Wells by diane bailey is the first book of the discovering historys heroes series that i have read so far and i am a big fan. Wells, there are 27 original photographs, articles, and correspondence. Lynch law in all its phases and the red record tabulated statistics and alleged causes of. Her father, james, was a carpenter and her mother, elizabeth, was a famous cook. Wells museum have also been established to protect, preserve and promote wells legacy. This was ida bell wellsbarnett, better known as ida b. In her hometown of holly springs, mississippi, there is an ida b. Southern horrors is a pamphlet published in 1892 by ida b. Author paula giddings talks about the book and wells. On one fateful train ride from memphis to nashville, in may 1884, wells reached a personal turning point. Wells was an africanamerican journalist and activist who led an antilynching crusade in the united states in the 1890s.

A long legacy of women honored to walk in her shadow and continue her work. This engaging memoir tells of her private life as mother of a growing family as well as her public activities as teacher, lecturer, and journalist in her fight against attitudes and laws oppressing blacks. Ida bell wellsbarnett july 16, 1862 march 25, 1931 was an american investigative. She was a slave when she was born in 1862, although it should be pointed out that her father james wells also a slave was a skilled carpenter. Wells barnett southern horrors 2 preface the greater part of what is contained in these pages was published in the new york age june 25, 1892, in explanation of the editorial which the memphis whites considered sufficiently infamous to justify the destruction of my paper, the free speech.

This biography profiles her childhood, life, works, achievements and timeline. The book speaks to the facts of socalled caucasian hisstory. Wells is most famous for her anti lynching campaign, a crusade she had led almost singlehandedly. If you want to show your girls that with perseverance they can do big things in the world. Wells book by diane bailey official publisher page. Wells was hard at work to better the lives of african americans.

Wells facts or alternatively, you can download our comprehensive worksheet pack to utilise within the classroom or home environment early life. In her lifetime, she battled sexism, racism, and violence. See the fact file below for more interesting ida b. Long before boycotts, sitins, and freedom rides, ida b. The collection also contains wells diaries from 18851887 and 1930, and two other books owned by her.

Idas father, a master carpenter, was interested in furthering his own education, and ida followed his footsteps in attending nearby shaw university now called rust college. Her parents, who were very active in the republican party during reconstruction, died in a yellow fever epidemic. Ida b wellsbarnett was an african american journalist and pioneering civil rights activist who was born into slavery, orphaned at 16 and refused to. You could feel a power in the presence of the lady with the pamphlets. The reason is easy if you read about the things ida wells fought against, you wont laugh. She used investigative journalism techniques to document and expose lynching in the united states. Oct 28, 2008 this picture book biography introduces the extraordinary ida b.

Yet, she was an investigative journalist, antilynching activist, and civil rights activist. While doing research this week for black history month feb 129 i came across a list titled the 100 greatest books by african american women. She was the subject of a prizewinning video, ida b. Wells barnett has 88 books on goodreads with 852 ratings. Paula giddingss devoted and scrupulous biography is not the first study of this.

National association for the advancement of colored people, national association of colored womens clubs, alpha suffrage club, national afro. In 1941, a public housing project was built by the public works administration pwa, chicago, and was named the ida b. Wells barnett was a prominent journalist, activist, and researcher, in the late 19 th and early 20 th centuries. I gave an interview for the appendix journal, and cited her as a figure id like to make a comic about, but found it a hard thing, so that it never happened. This picture book biography introduces the extraordinary ida b. They were a mix of wives and mothers and widows, and women who never married at all. Wellsbarnett southern horrors 2 preface the greater part of what is contained in these pages was published in the new york age june 25, 1892, in explanation of the editorial which the memphis whites considered.

Ida b wells barnett was an african american campaigner for the womens rights movement, she also was a journalist and speaker during the civil rights movement. Wellsbarnett was a prominent journalist, activist, and researcher, in the late 19 th and early 20 th centuries. Dennis brindell fradin was the author of many books for young. Addressing the brutal actual real facts and events that accured in america. Wells negro american biographies and autobiographies by ida b. Wells award national association of black journalists. A prestigious award for promoting blacks in journalism is named the ida b. Her groundbreaking work, which included collecting statistics in a practice that today is called data journalism, established that the lawless killing of blacks was a systematic practice, especially in the south in the era following reconstruction. Wellsbarnett 18621931 was a prominent journalist, suffragist, and cofounder of the national association for the advancement of colored people naacp. Wells 1862 1931 was an africanamerican journalist, suffragist, feminist, and early leader in the civil rights movement. And its satisfying to finally see wells place in history recognized and. She was one of the original founders of the naacp national association of the advancement of colored people in 1909. When, at age 16, her parents died from a yellow fever epidemic, she rolled up her sleeves, got a job, and worked to keep her siblings out of foster care.

Ida b wells wells married chicago lawyer and newspaper editor ferdinand barnett and, uncommonly for the time, hyphenated her name rather than take his. At an early age, she was orphaned and assumed the responsibility of caring for five siblings and herself while pursuing a teaching career. Wells was an africanamerican woman of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. She was one of the founders of the national association for the advancement of colored people naacp. Wells was born a slave on july 16, 1862 in holly springs, mississippi as the oldest of eight children. Apr 27, 2018 ida b wells wells married chicago lawyer and newspaper editor ferdinand barnett and, uncommonly for the time, hyphenated her name rather than take his. James wells father was a white man who impregnated a black slave named. Wells ida bell wellsbarnett, better known as ida b. Wells went to heroic lengths in the late 1890s to document the horrifying practice of lynching blacks. Wellsbarnett 18621931 is best known for leading the fight against the lynching of african americans in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. All too often, she is remembered as a womens rights activist.

The papers include contemporary accounts and articles about ida b. She was protesting the lack of african american representation at the chicago worlds fair. Wells off a train for refusing to give up her seat. Wells encountered the next painful chapter of her life while on a visit to her grandmother. As a skilled writer, wells barnett also used her skills as a journalist to shed light on the conditions of african americans throughout the south. Wells, 18621931 teacher, journalist and antilynching activist. Wellsbarnetts research on lynching and mob violence was an outgrowth of both her personal experience in memphis and her belief that no one else seemed to be defending afro american victims against lynching during the 1890s. Apr 27, 2018 ida b wells barnett was an african american journalist and pioneering civil rights activist who was born into slavery, orphaned at 16 and refused to give up her seat on a segregated train 70 years. Ida bell wells 18621931, one of the most important civil rights advocates of the 19th century, was born in holly springs, mississippi, just before the emancipation proclamation was signed. Wells was born a slave in 1862 in mississippi, but was freed along with her family a year later when the emancipation proclamation was issued. Ida bell wells barnett july 16, 1862 march 25, 1931 was an american investigative journalist, educator, and an early leader in the civil rights movement. As a skilled writer, wellsbarnett also used her skills as a journalist to shed light on the conditions of african americans throughout the south. And i am not sure what it was, but the image stuck with me.

Martin luther king day is about one of these women, ida bell wells. Born in 1862 at holly springs in mississippi, wells had witnessed the lynching of a friend and. She is known as a great leader for her passionate defensiveness of democracy. That year witnessed a devastating yellow fever epidemic in the mississippi valley. Wells, a particularly influential activist who participated in the movement for womens suffrage, was a founding member of the national association of the advancement of colored people naacp, a journalist, and the author of numerous pamphlets and articles exposing the violent lynching of thousands of african americans in the. Molefi kete asante, the wellknown africanamerican professor, included wells in his list of 100 greatest african americans in 2002. Jeter publishing presents a brandnew series that celebrates men and women who altered the course of history but may not be as wellknown as their. Wells and barnett are interred together in the oak woods cemetery in chicago. Wells, was an antilynching activist, a muckraking journalist, a lecturer, and a militant activist for racial justice. The broadest and most comprehensive collection of writings available by an early civil and womens rights pioneer seventyone years before rosa parkss courageous act of resistance, police dragged a young black journalist named ida b. Wells book by diane bailey official publisher page simon. Wells arguably became the most famous black woman in america, during a life that was centered on combating prejudice and violence, who.

Wells was an african american journalist and activist who led an. In this essay, i will sketch the biography of wells life in terms of racial prejudice, highlighting her important publications within the context of her personal experiences. Wells award to give tangible and highly visible recognition to an individual or group of individuals and their company. This book introduces her to middle and high school students, and it is very well done. Wells 18621931 was one of the foremost crusaders against black oppression. Aside from the original manuscripts of her autobiography crusade for justice. Ida b wellsbarnett was an african american campaigner for the womens rights movement, she also was a journalist and speaker during the civil rights movement. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that. After she took a seat and opened a book to read, a conductor demanded that she. Wells barnetts most popular book is southern horrors and other writings.