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Who Was Ida B. Wells?

by Sarah Fabiny
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The story of how a girl born into slavery became an early leader in the civil rights movement and the most famous Black female journalist in nineteenth-century America.
Born into slavery in 1862, Ida Bell Wells was freed as a result of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1865. Yet she could see how just how unjust the world was. This drove her to become a journalist and activist. Throughout her life, she fought against prejudice and for equality for African Americans. Ida B. Wells would go on to co-own a newspaper, write several books, help cofound the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and fight for women's right to vote.
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Series: Who Was? Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group

Kindle Book

  • Release date: June 2, 2020

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9780593093375
  • Release date: June 2, 2020

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9780593093375
  • File size: 20110 KB
  • Release date: June 2, 2020

Formats

Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook

subjects

Biography & Autobiography Juvenile Nonfiction Multi-Cultural Sociology

Languages

English

Levels

ATOS Level:5.8
Lexile® Measure:840
Interest Level:4-8(MG)
Text Difficulty:4-5

The story of how a girl born into slavery became an early leader in the civil rights movement and the most famous Black female journalist in nineteenth-century America.
Born into slavery in 1862, Ida Bell Wells was freed as a result of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1865. Yet she could see how just how unjust the world was. This drove her to become a journalist and activist. Throughout her life, she fought against prejudice and for equality for African Americans. Ida B. Wells would go on to co-own a newspaper, write several books, help cofound the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and fight for women's right to vote.
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Biography & Autobiography Juvenile Nonfiction Multi-Cultural Sociology