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Southern Horrors and Other Writings: The Anti-Lynching Campaign of Ida B. Wells, 1892-1900 by Ida B. Wells-Barnett
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Immediately after the Reconstruction era in the United States, during a time when African Americans were expected to be subservient and accept their lot in society, Ida B. Wells led a campaign against the violence which was perpetrated against not just Black men but women and children as well.
This book contains three of her papers which were released as pamphlets and newspaper articles:
Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All its Phases
A Red Record
Mob Rule in New Orleans
The documents record detailed in some cases very explicit acts of barbarism carried out against Black people. They also show Wells to be an accomplished investigator gathering the relevant information to support her claims.
One can only be impressed with this woman and the campaign she led between 1892 and 1900 in not just highlighting the problem but proposing a solution. She was active in condemning Lynch Law and mob violence against Black people and showing it for what it was; part of the process of disfranchising African Americans. By raising awareness not just in the United States but internationally, and through concerted attempts to organise communities there were significant reductions in these atrocities for a period of time.
This book is worthwhile reading, highlighting an agitator and civil/human rights campaigner who was herself at times under the shadow of the very violence she spoke out against.
This book contains three of her papers which were released as pamphlets and newspaper articles:
Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All its Phases
A Red Record
Mob Rule in New Orleans
The documents record detailed in some cases very explicit acts of barbarism carried out against Black people. They also show Wells to be an accomplished investigator gathering the relevant information to support her claims.
One can only be impressed with this woman and the campaign she led between 1892 and 1900 in not just highlighting the problem but proposing a solution. She was active in condemning Lynch Law and mob violence against Black people and showing it for what it was; part of the process of disfranchising African Americans. By raising awareness not just in the United States but internationally, and through concerted attempts to organise communities there were significant reductions in these atrocities for a period of time.
This book is worthwhile reading, highlighting an agitator and civil/human rights campaigner who was herself at times under the shadow of the very violence she spoke out against.