Asset Details
Do you wish to reserve the book?
'They say' : Ida B. Wells and the reconstruction of race
Hey, we have placed the reservation for you!
By the way, why not check out events that you can attend while you pick your title.
Oops! Something went wrong.
Looks like we were not able to place the reservation. Kindly try again later.
Are you sure you want to remove the book from the shelf?
'They say' : Ida B. Wells and the reconstruction of race
Do you wish to request the book?
'They say' : Ida B. Wells and the reconstruction of race
Please be aware that the book you have requested cannot be checked out. If you would like to checkout this book, you can reserve another copy
We have requested the book for you!
Your request is successful and it will be processed during the Library working hours. Please check the status of your request in My Requests.
Oops! Something went wrong.
Looks like we were not able to place your request. Kindly try again later.
eBook
'They say' : Ida B. Wells and the reconstruction of race
2009,2007,2008
Overview
Few students have had the opportunity to consider the contrasting social identties pursued by African Americans following abolotion of slavery, nor to understand how whites’ skewed construction of those aspirations were a reaction against them. The story of Ida Wells provides a useful narrative frame for understanding the treacherous crosscurrents of race that shaped social identites.Wells was born into slavery in 1862, of mixed parentage, and raised in Mississippi. Her thrist for education and high social aspiration, combined with her strong personality, led her to speak out in ways often at odds with Victorian feminine ideals. She was expelled from Rusk Cllege in a dispute with its white president; she taught school in Memphis, where she brought a suit against the Chesapeake reailroad after being thrown off for refusing to leave the first-class cas; and she spoke out against the increasing segregation in the Memphis school system. After race riots and lynchings in Memphis in 1892, she embarked full-blown on the career for which she is now remembered, as an outspoken writer and lecturer against lynching.
Publisher
Oxford University Press,Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Subject
/ African American women civil rights workers
/ African American women civil rights workers -- Biography
/ African American women educators
/ African American women educators -- Biography
/ African American women social reformers
/ African American women social reformers -- Biography
/ African Americans -- Race identity
/ African Americans -- Social conditions -- To 1964
/ Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
/ Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography
/ HISTORY
/ Modern
/ Modern History (1700 to 1945)
/ Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900
/ Race
/ Racism
/ Racism -- United States -- History -- 19th century
/ U.S.A
/ United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century
ISBN
0195160215, 9780195160215, 9780195160208, 0195160207
