Wells-Barnett, Ida B. 1862-1931

Overview

Works:	302 works in 724 publications in 2 languages and 38,351 library holdings
Genres:	History Biographies Autobiographies Diaries Documentary television programs Biographical television programs Nonfiction television programs Educational films Sources Documentary films
Subject Headings:	African Americans
Roles:	Author, htt, Creator
Classifications:	E185.97.W55, B

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Ida B Wells-Barnett

Ida B. Wells-Barnett and American reform, 1880-1930 by Patricia Ann Schechter( )
Ida : a sword among lions : Ida B. Wells and the campaign against lynching by Paula Giddings( Book )
Crusade for justice : the autobiography of Ida B. Wells by Ida B Wells-Barnett( Book )
The Memphis diary of Ida B. Wells by Ida B Wells-Barnett( Book )
Black woman reformer : Ida B. Wells, lynching, & transatlantic activism by Sarah L Silkey( )

Ida B. Wells : mother of the civil rights movement by Dennis B Fradin( Book )
Ida B. Wells : a passion for justice( Visual )
Black foremothers : three lives by Dorothy Sterling( Book )
Struggle on their minds : the political thought of African American resistance by Alex Zamalin( )
To keep the waters troubled : the life of Ida B. Wells by Linda McMurry Edwards( Book )
To tell the truth freely : the life of Ida B. Wells by Mia Bay( Book )
Southern horrors : women and the politics of rape and lynching by Crystal Nicole Feimster( Book )
Ida B. Wells : let the truth be told by Walter Dean Myers( Book )
Southern horrors and other writings : the anti-lynching campaign of Ida B. Wells, 1892-1900 by Ida B Wells-Barnett( Book )
Black prophetic fire : in dialogue with and edited by Christa Buschendorf by Cornel West( Book )
Women of hope : African Americans who made a difference by Joyce Hansen( Book )
They say : Ida B. Wells and the reconstruction of race by James West Davidson( Book )
Ida B. Wells-Barnett : a voice against violence by Pat McKissack( Book )
Yours for justice, Ida B. Wells : the daring life of a crusading journalist by Philip Dray( Book )
And not afraid to dare : the stories of ten African-American women by Tonya Bolden( Book )

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Most widely held works by Ida B Wells-Barnett

On lynchings by Ida B Wells-Barnett( )

31 editions published between 1969 and 2014 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,350 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This volume brings together the three pamphlets journalist Ida B. Wells published in response to the widespread lynching of African Americans in the four decades following the Civil War

On lynchings : Southern horrors ; A red record ; Mob rule in New Orleans by Ida B Wells-Barnett( Book )

16 editions published between 1969 and 2006 in English and held by 669 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"The greater part of what is contained in these pages was published in the New York Age June 25, 1892 ..."--Preface

Selected works of Ida B. Wells-Barnett by Ida B Wells-Barnett( Book )

7 editions published between 1991 and 2009 in English and held by 609 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Collected works of Ida B. Wells-Barnett : Southern horrors, Mob rule in New Orleans and The red record by Ida B Wells-Barnett( )

5 editions published between 2007 and 2017 in English and held by 561 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Southern horrors : lynch law in all its phases by Ida B Wells-Barnett( )

23 editions published between 1892 and 2018 in English and held by 325 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The epidemic of lynching that gripped the American South in the decades after the Civil War and the end of slavery has been glossed over and understated in many history books. Activist Ida B. Wells took it upon herself to document this shameful practice and its prevalence throughout the region and, to a lesser extent, the entire country in a series of seminal volumes, including Southern Horrors

The reason why the colored American is not in the World's Columbian Exposition : the Afro-American's contribution to Columbian literature by Ida B Wells-Barnett( Book )

13 editions published between 1893 and 2016 in English and held by 299 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

United States atrocities : lynch law by Ida B Wells-Barnett( )

4 editions published in 1892 in English and held by 290 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Mob rule in New Orleans : Robert Charles and his fight to the death by Ida B Wells-Barnett( )

3 editions published between 1900 and 2013 in English and held by 208 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The red record : [tabulated statistics and alleged causes of lynching in the United States] by Ida B Wells-Barnett( )

15 editions published between 2005 and 2020 in English and Undetermined and held by 188 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"A shocking and powerful account of lynching written by activist, journalist, and former slave Ida B. Wells In the postbellum American South, lynching was a frightfully common occurrence, perpetrated so frequently that most Southern politicians and leaders turned a blind eye to the practice. This vicious form of vigilante "justice" was in truth a thinly veiled racist justification for murderous violence. In 1892 alone, more than two hundred African Americans were lynched, with alleged offenses ranging from "attempted stock poisoning" to "insulting whites." The Red Record tabulates these scenes of brutality in clear, objective statistics, allowing the horrifying facts to speak for themselves. Alongside the tally, author Ida B. Wells describes actual occurrences of lynching, and enumerates the standard rationalizations for these extrajudicial killings, her original intent for the pamphlet to shame and shock the apathetic public--and spark change. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices."

A red record : tabulated statistics and alleged causes of lynchings in the United States, 1892-1893-1894 by Ida B Wells-Barnett( )

8 editions published between 1894 and 2005 in English and held by 152 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Mob rule in New Orleans : Robert Charles and his fight to death, the story of his life, burning human beings alive, other lynching statistics by Ida B Wells-Barnett( )

8 editions published between 2005 and 2018 in English and held by 115 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

African-American journalist and activist Ida B. Wells played a major role in shedding light on the widespread practice of lynching in the United States. In this gripping account, Wells details the riots that erupted in New Orleans in 1900 following the death of a white police officer at the hands of African-American activist Robert Charles and which eventually resulted in the deaths of nearly 30 people, with hundreds more wounded

Daily Inter Ocean( )

in English and held by 45 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Lynch law in Georgia : a six-weeks' record in the center of southern civilization, as faithfully chronicled by the "Atlanta journal" and the "Atlanta constitution" : also the full report of Louis P. Le Vin, the Chicago detective sent to investigate the burning of Samuel Hose, the torture and hanging of Elijah Strickland, the colored preacher, and the lynching of nine men for alleged arson by Ida B Wells-Barnett( Book )

5 editions published between 1899 and 1901 in English and held by 37 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Accounts of nine lynchings as recorded in two major Georgia newspapers as a commentary on southern white racism, together with results of a private investigation of the incidents to ascertain the facts. Wells-Barnett hoped to use this information in an appeal to stop such lawlessness

The conservator( )

in English and held by 24 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Arkansas race riot by Ida B Wells-Barnett( Book )

6 editions published between 1920 and 2019 in English and held by 22 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"The Arkansas race riot at Elaine and Hoop Spur, Arkansas, September 30th, Oct. 1, 2, & 3, 1919. The result of which scores of Negroes killed by white rioters, 5 white men alleged to have been killed by Negroes; a half million dollars worth of Negroes' cotton stolen, 75 Negroes in penitentiary for 21 years, 12 Negroes sentenced to death--not a single white man arrested! This book shows the riot was a conspiracy by the white men to take the Negroes' cotton and not a conspiracy by Negroes to kill white people"--Back cover

Crusade for justice : the autobiography of Ida B. Wells by Ida B Wells-Barnett( Book )

12 editions published between 1970 and 2020 in English and held by 21 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"She fought a lonely and almost single-handed fight, with the single-mindedness of a crusader, long before men or women of any race entered the arena; and the measure of success she achieved goes far beyond the credit she has been given in the history of the country."--Alfreda M. Duster Ida B. Wells is an American icon of truth telling. Born to slaves, she was a pioneer of investigative journalism, a crusader against lynching, and a tireless advocate for suffrage, both for women and for African Americans. She co-founded the NAACP, started the Alpha Suffrage Club in Chicago, and was a leader in the early civil rights movement, working alongside W. E. B. Du Bois, Madam C. J. Walker, Mary Church Terrell, Frederick Douglass, and Susan B. Anthony. This engaging memoir, originally published 1970, relates Wells's private life as a mother as well as her public activities as a teacher, lecturer, and journalist in her fight for equality and justice. This updated edition includes a new foreword by Eve L. Ewing, new images, and a new afterword by Ida B. Wells's great-granddaughter, Michelle Duster

In their own words : a history of the American Negro, 1865-1916 by Milton Meltzer( Book )

1 edition published in 1967 in English and held by 19 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

History of African-Americans in America told through the letters, speeches, memoirs and testimony of the people who lived it. The documents in this volume span the period from the end of the Civil War to the outset of World War I, with emphasis on the Reconstruction period and the vigorous statements of early advocates of civil rights

Les horreurs du Sud : trois pamphlets by Ida B Wells-Barnett( Book )

1 edition published in 2016 in French and held by 18 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The light of truth by Ida B Wells-Barnett( )

2 editions published in 2014 in English and held by 14 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The broadest and most comprehensive collection of writings available by an early civil and women's rights pioneer Seventy-one years before Rosa Parks'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 Wells's career, and?when hate crimes touched her life personally?she mounted what was to become her life's work: an anti-lynching crusade that captured international attention. This volume covers the entire scope of Wells's remarkable career, collecting her early writings, articles exposing the horrors of lynching, essays from her travels abroad, and her later journalism. The Light of Truth is both an invaluable resource for study and a testament to Wells' long career as a civil rights activist. For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 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. From the Trade Paperback edition

The Memphis diary of Ida B. Wells by Ida B Wells-Barnett( Book )

6 editions published in 1995 in English and held by 12 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Published for the first time in its enirety, The Memphis Diary of Ida B. Wells offers an intimate look at the hopes, thoughts, and day-to-day life of the young woman who would later become the celebrated civil rights activist and antilynching crusader."

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