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2) Ida B. Wells
Author
Series
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Presents a biography of the Black woman who campaigned for civil rights and founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. --
Author
Publisher
Rourke Educational Media
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"A brief biography of the first African-American woman astronaut, Mae C. Jemison. Readers will discover that she is also a doctor, dancer, businesswoman, and educator. Learn about how Mae went from a child with big dreams to a woman who inspires many." --
Author
Publisher
Hill and Wang
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Born to slaves in 1862, Ida B. Wells became a fearless antilynching crusader, women's rights advocate, and journalist. Wells's refusal to accept any compromise on racial inequality caused her to be labeled a "dangerous radical" in her day but made her a model for later civil rights activists as well as a powerful witness to the troubled racial politics of her era. In the richly illustrated To Tell the Truth Freely, the historian Mia Bay vividly captures...
Author
Publisher
History Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A vibrant biography of the woman who shaped the political climate of Daytona Beach with her civil rights, women's rights, and education activism.
Mary McLeod Bethune was often called the "First Lady of Negro America," but she made significant contributions to the political climate of Florida as well. From the founding of the Daytona Literary and Industrial School for Training Negro Girls in 1904, Bethune galvanized African American women for change....
Author
Publisher
Florida Historical Society Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Born in 1873 as the first free child in a family of former slaves, Mary McLeod Bethune would become an adviser to American presidents, an important civil rights leader, and founder of what is now Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida. Through the recollections of Mary McLeod Bethune and those closest to her, Nancy Ann Zrinyi Long has created an engaging biography of an influential and inspirational educator and activist." --
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"An inspiring picture book biography of Ida B. Wells--who was an educator, journalist, feminist, businesswoman, newspaper owner, public speaker, suffragist, civil rights activist, and women's club leader--as told by her great-granddaughter, Michelle Duster"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"'Standing on the stage, I felt exposed and like an intruder. In these professional settings, my personal experiences with hunger, poverty and episodic homelessness often go undetected. I had worked hard to learn the rules and disguise my beginning in life...' So begins C. Nicole Mason's powerful memoir, a story of reconciliation, constrained choices and life on the other side of the tracks. Born in the 1970s in Los Angeles, California, Mason was...
15) Ida B. Wells
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Presents the life and accomplishments of the activist, educator, writer, journalist, suffragette, and pioneering voice against the horrors of lynching who set out to better the lives of African-Americans long before the Civil Rights Movement.
