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• The William B. Crawley Great Lives Lecture Series

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  Biography is the most intimate approach to history, and the most entertaining. UMW’s Great Lives lecture series reveals how extraordinary people – some born to privilege and power, others from modest backgrounds – shaped art, literature, science,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Crusade for Justice

  the Autobiography of Ida B. Wells

  Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931

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  This engaging memoir tells of her private life as mother of a growing family, as well as her public activities as teacher, lecturer, and journalist in her fight against attitudes and laws oppressing African American people.

• Ida B. the Queen

  the Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells

  Duster, Michelle

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  Written by her great-granddaughter, a historical portrait of the boundary-breaking civil rights pioneer covers Wells' early years as an enslaved person, her famous acts of resistance, and her achievements as a journalist and anti-lynching activist.

• Ida B. Wells

  a Passion For Justice

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  Documents the dramatic life and turbulent times of the pioneering African American journalist, activist, suffragist and anti-lynching crusader of the post-Reconstruction period.

• To Tell the Truth Freely

  the Life of Ida B. Wells

  Bay, Mia

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  Wells was labeled a "dangerous radical" in her day. She became a model for later civil rights activists, as well as a powerful witness to the troubled racial politics of her era.

• Who Was Ida B. Wells?

  Fabiny, Sarah,

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  Throughout her life, she fought against prejudice and for equality for African Americans. Ida B. Wells would go on to co-own a newspaper, write several books, help cofound the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Why They Marched

  Untold Stories of the Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote

  Ware, Susan, 1950-

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  This text brings to light fascinating stories underrepresented in traditional looks at women's suffrage in the United States.