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Freedman, Suzanne
IDA B. WELLS-BARNETT AND THE ANTI-LYNCHING CRUSADE
New York : Millbrook, 1994.
IL 3-6
This is a biography of Ida B. Wells-Barnett who witnessed a lynching in 1892. Three African-American men were unfairly arrested and then killed by a mob. Ida wrote an article in the newspaper protesting the lynching. Several months later, her newspaper office was trashed in revenge.
SUBJECTS:     Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931
                        Civil rights workers
                        Journalists
                        Race relations
                        African Americans -- Social conditions
                        United States -- Race relations

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