{"product_id":"ida-a-sword-among-lions-9780060797362","title":"Ida: A Sword Among Lions","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePulitzer Prize Board citation to Ida B. Wells, as an early pioneer of investigative journalism and civil rights icon\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom a thinker who Maya Angelou has praised for shining \"a brilliant light on the lives of women left in the shadow of history,\" comes the definitive biography of Ida B. Wells--crusading journalist and pioneer in the fight for women's suffrage and against segregation and lynchings\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIda B. Wells was born into slavery and raised in the Victorian age yet emerged--through her fierce political battles and progressive thinking--as the first \"modern\" black women in the nation's history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Wells began her activist career when she tried to segregate a first-class railway car in Memphis. After being thrown bodily off the car, she wrote about the incident for black Baptist newspapers, thus beginning her career as a journalist. But her most abiding fight would be the one against lynching, a crime in which she saw all the themes she held most dear coalesce: sexuality, race, and the law.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paula J. Giddings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Amistad Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 832\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.32w x 1.47d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060797362\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Hurston\/Wright LEGACY Award - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/05\/2009 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGiddings, Paula J.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaula J. Giddings is the Elizabeth A. Woodson 1922 Professor in Afro-American Studies at Smith College and the author of \u003cem\u003eWhen and Where I Enter\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eIn Search of Sisterhood\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amistad Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43099524825203,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":24.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_10d832dc-b4c6-4c32-8d4d-fb8955b334b2.jpg?v=1748703066","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/ida-a-sword-among-lions-9780060797362","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}