Ida: A Sword Among Lions: Ida B. Wells and the Campaign Against Lynching Summary and Reviews

Ida: A Sword Among Lions: Ida B. Wells and the Campaign Against Lynching
by Paula J. Giddings

Ida: A Sword Among Lions: Ida B. Wells and the Campaign Against Lynching
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Author: Paula J. Giddings
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-03-01
ISBN: 0060519215
Number of pages: 816
Publisher: Amistad

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Book Review: Injustice Anywhere Is A Threat to Justice Everywhere
Summary: 4 Stars

Ida: A Sword Among Lions is a great biographic start for students of history. It provides thought provoking and pain staking details of a hurricanic time in American history...and Ida B. Wells-Barnett was the eye of the storm. She uprooted anyone or anything that stood in the way of justice for African-Americans- from lynchings to women's suffrage, jobs and politics. As a woman, she was before her time in aggressive-ness, assertiveness, and intelligence. I would dare say that the majority of her problems with her contemporaries were gender related. Giddings took a complicated and complex woman during a crucial era and produced a compelling contribution to African American history and the history of the Women's Movement. The book was too long, but will wet your appetite to learn more about the people, places, and events so thoroughly documented in this biography.

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