The Memphis Diary of Ida B. Wells - An Intimate Portrait of the Activist as a Young Woman

Zusatztext 'DeCosta-Willis makes it possible to look back in a new way into the character of Wells and! more than that! into the daily life of African Americans a century ago.' — Chicago Tribune 'A unique look at the life of an independent! unmarried African-American woman coping with financial hardships! romantic entanglements! sexism and racism. A substantial contribution to African-American studies.' — Publishers Weekly "Wells's diary! covering the period 18851887! is remarkable as it is one of the few diaries of an African-American woman from the late 19th century. DeCosta-Willis provides context and additional information.…A meticulously edited contribution to the study of American women's diaries and late-19th-century women's and black history." —Kirkus Reviews Informationen zum Autor Miriam DeCosta-Willis Klappentext Published for the first time in its century! this "meticulously edited contribution to the study of American women's diaries and late-19th-century women's and black history" ( Kirkus Reviews) offers an intimate look at the hopes! thoughts and day-to-day life of the young woman who would later become the celebrated civil rights activist and antilynching crusader. Zusammenfassung Published for the first time in its century! this "meticulously edited contribution to the study of American women's diaries and late-19th-century women's and black history" ( Kirkus Reviews)  offers an intimate look at the hopes! thoughts and day-to-day life of the young woman who would later become the celebrated civil rights activist and antilynching crusader.

Product details

• Authors: Miriam Decosta-Willis, Dorothy Sterling, Mary Helen Washington, Ida B. Wells, Ida B Wells-Barnett, Ida B. Wells-Barnett
• Assisted by: Miriam Decosta-Willis (Editor)
• Publisher: BEACON PRESS
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.1995
• EAN: 9780807070659
• ISBN: 978-0-8070-7065-9
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 234 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries