Status
Available
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Publication
Bedford/St. Martin's (1996), Edition: 1st (first), 240 pages
Description
History. Sociology. True Crime. Nonfiction. HTML: The epidemic of lynching that gripped the American South in the decades after the Civil War and the end of slavery has been glossed over and understated in many history books. Activist Ida B. Wells took it upon herself to document this shameful practice and its prevalence throughout the region and, to a lesser extent, the entire country in a series of seminal volumes, including Southern Horrors..
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LibraryThing member rynk
In Chicago, Ida B. Wells is known as the name behind a housing project, but in her day she was a crusader against alternative facts, specifically the myths that perpetuated lynching. These essays are drawn from her newspaper work, and in turn from the black press and a few mainstream sources, like
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the Chicago Tribune, that were not complicit in ignoring the issue. Wells largely builds fact upon fact and lets their weight support her argument. Does this Gilded Age technique still work? We'll soon see. Show Less
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1997
Physical description
240 p.; 8.25 inches
ISBN
0312116950 / 9780312116958