Mia Bay is an associate professor of history at Rutgers University and the associate director of Rutgers's Center for Race and Ethnicity. She is also the author of "The White Image in the Black Mind: African-American Ideas About White People, 1830-1925."
"Ida B. Wells is one of America's most important, yet relatively
unknown, historical figures. "To Tell the Truth Freely" deftly
chronicles the way in which Ida B. Wells' extraordinary life and
career altered the evolution of race and democracy in late
nineteenth and early twentieth century America. Mia Bay's absorbing
and insightful biography illustrates Wells' pivotal role in
transforming the African American freedom struggle." --Peniel E.
Joseph, author of "Waiting ""'Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative
History of Black Power in America""" "Mia Bay's biography of Ida B.
Wells is as sharp and sassy as the woman herself. The vigilance and
bravado of this dynamic black woman crusader shines through on
every page. Bay's lively study chronicles African American activism
from the Civil War when Wells was born on through the onset of the
Great Depression. Her triumphant tapestry reveals the life and
times of an unsung heroine woven into battles for African American
freedom." --Catherine Clinton, Professor of History, Queen's
University Belfast "In this remarkable book, Mia Bay understands
Ida B. Wells in full--as thinker, writer, crusader, politician, and
woman of the world. Finally, we have a biography worthy of one of
the bravest and most influential activists in U.S. history."
--Michael Kazin, author of "A Godly Hero: The Life of William
Jennings Bryan" and professor of history, Georgetown University"At
last--an eloquent, concise, yet richly detailed account of Ida B.
Wells, a woman whose relentless pursuit of justice took her from
the Reconstruction-era south to the streets of Chicago and the
capitals of Europe. No account of American political history is
complete without Wells andher struggles against both lynching and
the restrictive conventions of racial reform. Beautifully crafted,
this book restores Wells to her rightful place in that history by
telling her story with verve and grace." --Barbara D. Savage,
author of "Your Spirits Walk Beside Us: The Politics of Black
Religion" and Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social
Thought and Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania
"Mia Bay's biography of Ida B. Wells is as sharp and sassy as the
woman herself. The vigilance and bravado of this dynamic black
woman crusader shines through on every page. Bay's lively study
chronicles African American activism from the Civil War when Wells
was born on through the onset of the Great Depression. Her
triumphant tapestry reveals the life and times of an unsung heroine
woven into battles for African American freedom." --Catherine
Clinton, Professor of History, Queen's University Belfast "In this
remarkable book, Mia Bay understands Ida B. Wells in full--as
thinker, writer, crusader, politician, and woman of the world.
Finally, we have a biography worthy of one of the bravest and most
influential activists in U.S. history." --Michael Kazin, author of
"A Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan" and professor of
history, Georgetown University"At last--an eloquent, concise, yet
richly detailed account of Ida B. Wells, a woman whose relentless
pursuit of justice took her from the Reconstruction-era south to
the streets of Chicago and the capitals of Europe. No account of
American political history is complete without Wells and her
struggles against both lynching and the restrictive conventions of
racial reform. Beautifully crafted, this book restores Wells to her
rightful place in that history by telling her story with verve and
grace." --Barbara D. Savage, author of "Your Spirits Walk Beside
Us: The Politics of Black Religion" and Geraldine R. Segal
Professor of American Social Thought and Professor of History,
University of Pennsylvania
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