{"product_id":"ida-b-wells-journalist-advocate-crusader-for-justice-hardcover","title":"Ida B. Wells: Journalist, Advocate \u0026 Crusader for Justice - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eErica Armstrong Dunbar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCandace Buford\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeet 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 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Erica Armstrong Dunbar and Candace Buford.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBorn 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 where she began writing about white mob violence, investigating lynchings and reporting her findings in local newspapers. Ida helped found the NAACP and was a renowned leader in the civil rights movement, but she was also a young woman desperately trying to hold her family together after tragedy with dignity and resolve. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIda fought to give voice to the people suffering from injustice, racism, and violence. She spoke out against lynchings internationally and refused to cater to the white women leading the suffrage movement. Throughout her life, she devoted her words and deeds to activism.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eErica Armstrong Dunbar is the Charles and Mary Beard Professor of History at Rutgers University. Her first book, \u003ci\u003eA Fragile Freedom: African American Women and Emancipation in the Antebellum City\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by Yale University Press in 2008. Her second book, \u003ci\u003eNever Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge\u003c\/i\u003e was a 2017 finalist for the National Book Award in nonfiction and a winner of the 2018 Frederick Douglass Book Award. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eShe Came to Slay\u003c\/i\u003e, an illustrated tribute to Harriet Tubman, and \u003ci\u003eSusie King Taylor\u003c\/i\u003e and is the co-executive producer of the HBO series \u003ci\u003eThe Gilded Age\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCandace 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 \u003ci\u003eKneel\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGood as Gold\u003c\/i\u003e. Follow her on Instagram and Twitter @CandaceBuford.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.4 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 03, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63523557704029,"sku":"9781665919838","price":28.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1025\/5558\/2813\/files\/naNrH535JS9781665919838.webp?v=1771638900","url":"https:\/\/novellybooks.com\/products\/ida-b-wells-journalist-advocate-crusader-for-justice-hardcover","provider":"Novelly Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}