Foreword
Acknowledgments
Prologue: "Does This Look Natchel?"
One: Into a Changing World
Two: A Moral Education
Three: Unladylike Lady
Four: Edged Tools
Five: Ambition to Edit
Six: They Say
Seven: Do Something
Eight: Exiled
Afterword
Selected Bibliography
Index
James West Davidson is a historian and writer. He is coauthor of After the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection, Nation of Nations: A History of the American Republic, and Great Heart: The History of a Labrador Adventure.
"Lynching is the greatest disgrace in our history, and Ida
Wells-Barnett was its most courageous assailant. James West
Davidson has written an eloquent account of the growth of
Wells-Barnett's self-defined persona as a black woman, journalist,
and fearless crusader. Refusing to accept an identity shaped by
others--'they say'--she boldly told the world that 'I say' who I am
and what I stand for."--James McPherson, author of The Battle Cry
of Freedom and
The Mighty Scourge
"How did Ida Wells become the woman who challenged the silence of
America on lynching? James Davidson shows us by re-creating the
world of African Americans during the turbulent decades after the
Civil War. A touching, compelling portrait of an important life in
crucial times."--H.W. Brands, University of Texas at Austin, author
of Andrew Jackson and The Money Men
"Lynching is the greatest disgrace in our history, and Ida
Wells-Barnett was its most courageous assailant. James West
Davidson has written an eloquent account of the growth of
Wells-Barnett's self-defined persona as a black woman, journalist,
and fearless crusader. Refusing to accept an identity shaped by
others--'they say'--she boldly told the world that 'I say' who I am
and what I stand for."--James McPherson, author of The Battle Cry
of Freedom and
The Mighty Scourge
"How did Ida Wells become the woman who challenged the silence of
America on lynching? James Davidson shows us by re-creating the
world of African Americans during the turbulent decades after the
Civil War. A touching, compelling portrait of an important life in
crucial times."--H.W. Brands, University of Texas at Austin, author
of Andrew Jackson and The Money Men
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