Southern Horrors and Other Writings: The Anti-Lynching Campaign of Ida B. Wells, 1892-1900 (Bedford Series in History and Culture)

Author: Royster Jacqueline Jones

Brand: Bedford Books

Edition: Second

Number Of Pages: 208

Details: Product Description

Gain insight into the life of Ida B. Wells as Southern Horrors and Other Writings illustrates how events like yellow fever epidemic transformed her into a internationally famous journalist, public speaker, and activist at the turn of the twentieth century.

About the Author

Jacqueline Jones Royster is Dean of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts and Professor in the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. Among her areas of interest are the rhetorical history of women of African descent and the development of literacy. She has published articles in books and journals on literacy studies and women’s studies. She is currently at work on Traces of a Stream: Literacy and Social Change Among African American Women.

Release Date: 06-05-2016

Package Dimensions: 8x216x204