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Fradin, Dennis Brindell , Fradin, Judith Bloom

Ida B. Wells: Mother of the Civil Rights Movement

178 pp. | Clarion | January, 2000 | Trade ISBN 0-395-89898-6 $$18.00

(2) 4-6 This well-substantiated biography uses Wells's autobiography, diaries, letters, and editorials to foreground her crusade against lynching. The archival black-and-white photographs include reproductions of some of Wells's publications and portraits of her and her family. The Fradins have remained constant to Wells as a person amidst the history, relating her documented feelings, choices, and motivations without extrapolation. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2000