{"product_id":"the-light-of-truth-writings-of-an-anti-lynching-crusader-paperback","title":"The Light of Truth: Writings of an Anti-Lynching Crusader - 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\u003eMia Bay\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMia Bay\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe broadest and most comprehensive collection of writings available by an early civil and women's rights pioneer\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSeventy-one years before Rosa Parks's courageous act of resistance, police dragged a young black journalist named Ida B. Wells off a train for refusing to give up her seat. The experience shaped Wells's career, and--when hate crimes touched her life personally--she mounted what was to become her life's work: an anti-lynching crusade that captured international attention. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume covers the entire scope of Wells's remarkable career, collecting her early writings, articles exposing the horrors of lynching, essays from her travels abroad, and her later journalism. \u003ci\u003eThe Light of Truth \u003c\/i\u003eis both an invaluable resource for study and a testament to Wells's long career as a civil rights activist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIda B. Wells \u003c\/b\u003e(1862-1931) was born a slave in Holly Springs, Mississippi. She grew up to be a journalist who fought to expose the injustice of lynching through her writing, lecturing, and political activism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMia Bay\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History at Rutgers University and Director of the Rutgers Center for Race and Ethnicity. She lives in New York City. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenry Louis Gates, Jr., \u003c\/b\u003eis Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and founding director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 624\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 7.6 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 25, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978823991597,"sku":"9780143106821","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/VDZvZC9BL3NQeVVEVjQvS1FHYlo0UT09.webp?v=1775810507","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-light-of-truth-writings-of-an-anti-lynching-crusader-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}