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Duster, Michelle, author.

Ida B. the queen : the extraordinary life and legacy of Ida B. Wells / Michelle Duster and Hannah Giorgis.

New York : Atria/One Signal Publishers, 2021.

vii, 168 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

2021

Publisher Annotation: Winner of a 2020 Pulitzer Prize Special Citation, Ida B. Wells was born enslaved in Holly Springs, Mississippi, in 1862. In this inspiring and accessible biography, Duster tells the incredible story of Wells’s life, including stories from her childhood in Mississippi, her famous refusal to give up her seat on a ladies’ train car in Memphis, and her later work as a pioneering journalist and anti-lynching crusader. Overlooked and underestimated, Wells would single-handedly change the course of American history and come to inspire millions. Ida B. the Queen shines a bright light on one of the most extraordinary women in history.

Adult Brodart.

Adult Brodart.

Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931 -- Juvenile literature.

Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931

African American women journalists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Women journalists

African American educators -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Women educators

African American women civil rights workers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature

Civil rights workers -- Biography.

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical

HISTORY / African American & Black

HISTORY / United States / 19th Century

Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-161) and index.

Publishers Weekly, November 23, 2020

Kirkus Reviews, November 15, 2020

Library Journal Prepub Alert, July 15, 2020

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