America Awakened : The Anti-Lynching Crusade of Ida B. Wells-Barnett

By: Wells-Barnett, Ida B.

A classic of investigative journalism, the pamphlets of Ida B. Wells-Barnett shine a light on the evils of racism in the United States. With a contextual introduction and useful footnotes, this book gives students an opportunity to analyze and interpret primary texts. The book includes the full text of Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases; The Red Record: Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynching in the United States; and Mob Rule in New Orleans: Robert Charles and His Fight to Death, the Story of His Life, Burning Human Beings Alive, and Other Lynching Statistics.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1943536686
• ISBN13: 9781943536689
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Chemeketa Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.3"