{"product_id":"southern-horrors-paperback","title":"Southern Horrors - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIda B. Wells\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMint Editions\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSouthern Horrors\u003c\/i\u003e (1892) is a pamphlet by Ida B. Wells. Published several months after a white mob destroyed the office of her prominent Memphis newspaper, the \u003ci\u003eFree Speech\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSouthern Horrors\u003c\/i\u003e is an impassioned work of investigative journalism and political criticism from a leading activist of the nineteenth century. \"Nobody in this section of the country believes the old thread-bare lie that Negro men rape white women. If Southern white men are not careful, they will overreach themselves and public sentiment will have a reaction; a conclusion will then be reached which will be very damaging to the moral reputation of their women.\" After publishing these words in a May 1892 edition of the \u003ci\u003eMemphis Free Speech\u003c\/i\u003e, Ida B. Wells left for a brief vacation in New York-no doubt inspired by the numerous threats made against her life at the time. In her absence, a mob of white men destroyed the newspaper's office, leaving no trace of her extensive research on the last half century of violence perpetrated against African Americans in the name of white supremacy. Undeterred, Wells published \u003ci\u003eSouthern Horrors\u003c\/i\u003e just months later, combining personal reflections on the incident with daring investigative reporting on the widespread practice of lynching in the American South. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Ida B. Wells' \u003ci\u003eSouthern Horrors\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic of African American literature reimagined for modern readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn May 1892, Ida B. Wells published an editorial in the \u003ci\u003eMemphis Free Speech and Headlight\u003c\/i\u003e reporting on the recent lynching of eight Black men across the American South. Angered by her criticism of the common \"alarm about raping white women,\" a group of white men destroyed the newspaper's office. \u003ci\u003eSouthern Horrors\u003c\/i\u003e is a pamphlet by Ida B. Wells.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 36\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.08 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 28, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52016472785197,"sku":"9781513290652","price":8.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/southern-horrors-paperback-8359040.webp?v=1777442527","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/southern-horrors-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}