The Light of Truth: Writings of an Anti-Lynching Crusader

The Light of Truth: Writings of an Anti-Lynching Crusader

The broadest and most comprehensive collection of writings available by an early civil and womenâ€™s rights pioneer

Seventy-one years before Rosa Parksâ€™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 Wellsâ€™s career, andâ€”when hate crimes touched her life personallyâ€”she mounted what was to become her lifeâ€™s work: an anti-lynching crusade that captured international attention.

This volume covers the entire scope of Wellsâ€™s remarkable career, collecting her early writings, articles exposing the horrors of lynching, essays from her travels abroad, and her later journalism.Â The Light of TruthÂ is both an invaluable resource for study and a testament to Wellsâ€™s long career as a civil rights activist.

For 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.
Country USA
Brand Penguin
Manufacturer Penguin Classics
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780143106821
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2014-11-25
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780143106821

Country	USA
Brand	Penguin
Manufacturer	Penguin Classics
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780143106821
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2014-11-25
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780143106821

The Light of Truth: Writings of an Anti-Lynching Crusader

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