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To tell the truth freely : the life of Ida B. Wells  Cover Image Book Book

To tell the truth freely : the life of Ida B. Wells / Mia Bay.

Bay, Mia (Author).

Item details

  • ISBN: 9780809095292 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 0809095297 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: viii, 374 p. : ill ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Hill and Wang, 2009.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-357) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction: "If Iola were a man" -- Coming of age in Mississippi -- Walking in Memphis -- The lynching at the curve -- Exile -- Capturing the attention of the "civilized world" -- "Although a busy woman, she has found the time to marry" -- Challenging Washington, D.C., and Booker T. -- Reforming Chicago -- Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.
Subject: Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931
African American women civil rights workers > Biography.
Civil rights workers > United States > Biography.
African American women educators > Biography.
African American women journalists > Biography.
African Americans > Civil rights > History.
African Americans > Social conditions > To 1964.
Lynching > United States > History.
United States > Race relations.

Currently available copies

  • 15 out of 16 copies are currently available at PINES.

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Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status  
Live Oak Public Libraries:
      Carnegie Library
B WELLS-BARNETT ( Send Text)
10539001412738 REF Available
Middle Georgia Regional Library:
      Genealogical and Historical Department
R B WELLS, I. B. ( Send Text)
31033008231262 Genealogy Available
Middle Georgia Regional Library:
      Washington Memorial Library
HTC BIOG WELLS-BARNETT I ( Send Text)
31033008894549 Tuggle Collection Available
Oconee Regional Library System:
      Laurens County Library
323 BAY ( Send Text)
31040000874288 NONFIC Available
Roddenbery Memorial Library System:
      Roddenbery Memorial Library
AB WELLS BAY ( Send Text)
31046005527599 ADULT Available
Statesboro Regional Library:
      Bryan County Library, Richmond Hill
323.092 BAY ( Send Text)
31053000978116 ADULT Available


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