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Southern Horrors and Other Writings

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Second  Edition©2016  Jacqueline Jones Royster

ISBN:9781319328573

ISBN:9781319049041

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Take a look into the life of African American Ida B. Wells, an internationally famous activist at the turn of the twentieth century in Southern Horrors and Other Writings. See what events inspired her into a life of public speaking and activisim both in the U.S and abroad through compelling research and excerpts from her own autobiography. Wells writings continue to play a key role in understanding both complex race relations, as well as peace and justice as global concepts. Learn more about the impact she had as a public figure and what spurred her on.

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Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Illustrations

PART ONE
INTRODUCTION: Equity and Justice for All
A Lynching at the Curve
A Pathway to Activism
The Case According to Wells

PART TWO
THE DOCUMENTS
Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases
A Red Record
Crusade for Justice, Chapters 10 – 15

APPENDIXES
A Wells Chronology (1862–1931)
Questions for Consideration
Selected Bibliography
Index

Jacqueline Jones Royster

Jacqueline Jones Royster is Dean of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts and Professor in the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. Among her areas of interest are the rhetorical history of women of African descent and the development of literacy. She has published articles in books and journals on literacy studies and womens studies. She is currently at work on Traces of a Stream: Literacy and Social Change Among African American Women.