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Black Woman Reformer: Ida B. Wells, Lynching, and Transatlantic Activism
Sarah Silkey
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; JFFE; JFSL1; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 458.
During the early 1890s, a series of shocking lynchings brought unprecedented international attention to American mob violence. This interest created an opportunity for Ida B. Wells, an African American journalist and civil rights activist from Memphis, to travel to England to cultivate British moral indignation against American lynching. Wells adapted race and gender roles established by African American abolitionists in Britain to legitimate her activism as a “black lady reformer” - a role American society denied her - and assert her right to defend her race from abroad. Based on extensive archival research conducted in the United States and Britain, ... Read more
During the early 1890s, a series of shocking lynchings brought unprecedented international attention to American mob violence. This interest created an opportunity for Ida B. Wells, an African American journalist and civil rights activist from Memphis, to travel to England to cultivate British moral indignation against American lynching. Wells adapted race and gender roles established by African American abolitionists in Britain to legitimate her activism as a “black lady reformer” - a role American society denied her - and assert her right to defend her race from abroad. Based on extensive archival research conducted in the United States and Britain, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Georgia, United States
ISBN
9780820345574
SKU
V9780820345574
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About Sarah Silkey
Sarah L. Silkey is an assistant professor of history at Lycoming College.
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