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A chronicle of various lynchings in the late 1800s.

In the post-civil war American south, the despicable act of lynching was commonplace and considered to be a form of vigilantism that was used to murder African Americans for alleged "crimes" ranging from acting suspiciously to "insulting whites". In Wells' 1892 book "Southern... Read Full Overview

This statement is not a shield for the despoiler of virtue, nor altogether a defense for the poor blind Afro-American Sampsons who suffer themselves to be betrayed by white Delilahs. It is a contribution to truth, an array of facts, the perusal of which it is hoped will stimulate... Read Full Overview

In 1892, Ida B. Wells-Barnett published the Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All its phases. She was a prominent journalist, activist, and researcher, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In her lifetime, she fought sexism, racism, and violence. As a writer, Wells-Barnett... Read Full Overview

These shocking accounts of lynching within the Southern States during the late nineteenth century remain no less poignant today than when they were first recorded. A terrible reminder of the violent consequences which ingrained racism has upon society, this book unflinchingly... Read Full Overview

This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. For those who have known and loved these works in the past, this is an invitation to reunite with old friends in a fresh new format. From Shakespeare's... Read Full Overview

These shocking accounts of lynching within the Southern States during the late nineteenth century remain no less poignant today than when they were first recorded. A terrible reminder of the violent consequences which ingrained racism has upon society, this book unflinchingly... Read Full Overview

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-Ida Bell Wells-Barnett, also known as Ida B. Wells (Holly Springs, Mississippi, July 16, 1862-Chicago, Illinois, March 25, 1931), was an African-American woman co-founder of the National Association for... Read Full Overview

During the 1890s, Ida Wells-Barnett began documenting lynching in the United States. Her findings, which were based on frequent claims that lynchings were reserved for black criminals only, were published in articles and through her pamphlet called Southern Horrors: Lynch... Read Full Overview

Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (July 16, 1862 - March 25, 1931) she was an influential African-American journalist and newspaper editor. She was an early leader in the civil rights movement as well as a suffragist.

Southern Horrors (1892) is a pamphlet by Ida B. Wells. Published several months after a white mob destroyed the office of her prominent Memphis newspaper, the Free Speech, Southern Horrors is an impassioned work of investigative journalism and political... Read Full Overview

"Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases" is a book written by Ida B. Wells-Barnett, an African American journalist, and civil rights activist. This gruesome history of lynching in the American South is documented in the book, along with its effects on the African American... Read Full Overview

Fundadora del Movimiento por los Derechos Civiles y considerada una de las doscientas personalidades afroamericanas m s importantes de los EE.UU., Ida B. Wells (1862-1938) dedic su vida a lo que ella misma denomin 'Cruzada por la Justicia', la implacable y documentada denuncia... Read Full Overview

The greater part of what is contained in these pages was published in the_New York Age_ June 25, 1892, in explanation of the editorial which theMemphis whites considered sufficiently infamous to justify the destructionof my paper, the _Free Speech_.Since the appearance of that... Read Full Overview

Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (July 16, 1862 - March 25, 1931) was an American investigative journalist, educator, and early leader in the civil rights movement. She was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Over the course of... Read Full Overview

With those words, Ida B. Wells prefaces her searing work, "Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases." Published in 1892, the pamphlet is an indictment of the lynchings perpetrated against blacks by Southern whites in the years following the Civil War. She followed up three... Read Full Overview

Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present... Read Full Overview