Lesa Cline-Ransome: Ida B. Wells and the Untold Truth of a Country, Gebunden
Ida B. Wells and the Untold Truth of a Country
- Publisher:
- Candlewick Press (MA), 09/2026
- Binding:
- Gebunden
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780823456239
- Item number:
- 11767472
- Volume:
- 176 Pages
- Age recommendation:
- 8 - 12 Jahre
- Weight:
- 567 g
- Release date:
- 8.9.2026
- Note
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Caution: Product is not in German language
Blurb
In the 1890s, Ida B. Wells documented the horrific lynchings of African-Americans and revealed the untold truths of the U. S. Her legacy as a trailblazing journalist and activist is honored in this definitive middle-grade biography from Newbery Honoree Lesa Cline-Ransome.
Decades before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, Ida B. Wells was thrown out of her first class train car despite having a ticket. It wasn't the last time Civil Rights activist and journalist Wells would be challenged: in 1892, a white mob burned her printing press and drove her out of town. But no matter what opposition she faced, Ida B. Wells wasn't going anywhere---and in 2020, she won a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for her courageous reporting on the violence against African Americans during the era of lynching.
This biography is the awe-inspiring true story of Ida B. Wells, an activist icon who co-founded the NAACP, published her own newspaper, and fought for intersectionality within the suffragist movement---a trailblazer who was as important in her time as she remains today.
Coretta Scott King Honor author and NAACP Image Award winner Lesa Cline-Ransome brings Ida B. Wells' achievements to life, and to a young audience that recognizes the need to shatter the status quo. Beyond just a biography, this powerful text honors the history of Civil Rights while challenging readers to push back against oppressive forces by being their boldest, bravest selves.
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
