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Author Duster, Michelle, author.

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

Publication Info. New York : One Signal Publishers/Atria, 2021.
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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  92 WELLS    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies  92 BIOGRAPHY DUSTER    DUE 04-06-24
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  BIOG. WELLS, I.    Storage
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  B WELLS, IDA    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  BIO WELLS-BARNETT    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  BIOGRAPHY WELLS-BARNETT    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Biographies  B WELLSBARNETT    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  BIO WELLS-BARNETT    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Basement Materials  B WELLS, IDA B.    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Whiton Branch - Non Fiction  B WELLS, IDA B.    Check Shelf

Edition First One Signal Publishers/Atria Books hardcover edition.
Description vii, 168 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Summary Written by her great-granddaughter, a historical portrait of the boundary-breaking civil rights pioneer covers Wells' early years as a slave, her famous acts of resistance, and her achievements as a journalist and anti-lynching activist.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-161) and index.
Contents Who was Ida B. Wells? -- Who Ida was to me -- A voice for the people -- How Ida became Ida -- 400 years of progress -- A powerful legacy -- Monumental.
Summary Journalist. Suffragist. Antilynching crusader. Ida B. Wells was born enslaved in Holly Springs, Mississippi, in 1862. Though she died in 1931, her impact looms large over the country's slow movements toward progress. In this inspiring and accessible biography Duster, Wells' great-granddaughter, tells the incredible story of Wells's life, including stories from her childhood in Mississippi, committing herself to the needs of those who did not have power, and cofounding the NAACP. -- adapted from back cover and page 7 of first chapter.
Subject Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931.
African American women civil rights workers -- Biography.
African American women journalists -- Biography.
African American women social reformers -- Biography.
Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography.
African American women -- Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women.
HISTORY / African American.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / African American & Black.
Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931. (OCoLC)fst00005651
African American women. (OCoLC)fst00799438
African American women civil rights workers. (OCoLC)fst00799481
African American women journalists. (OCoLC)fst00799503
African American women social reformers. (OCoLC)fst00799525
Civil rights workers. (OCoLC)fst00862721
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Biography.
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Biographies.
Added Author Giorgis, Hannah, author.
Added Title Extraordinary life and legacy of Ida B. Wells
ISBN 9781982129811 (hardcover)
1982129816 (hardcover)
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