Author(s): Ida B. Wells, Alfreda M. Duster (ed.), Eve L. Ewing (foreword)
Edition: 2
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 496
City: Chicago
Contents
Foreword by Eve L. Ewing
Foreword to the 1970 Edition by John Hope Franklin
Introduction by Alfreda M. Duster
Preface
1. Born into Slavery
2. Hard Beginnings
3. New Opportunities
4. Iola
5. The Free Speech Days
6. Lynching at the Curve
7. Leaving Memphis Behind
8. At the Hands of a Mob
9. To Tell the Truth Freely
10. The Homesick Exile
11. Light from the Human Torch
12. Through England and Scotland
13. Breaking the Silent Indifference
14. An Indiscreet Letter
15. Final Days in London
16. “To the Seeker of Truth”
17. Inter-Ocean Letters
18. In Liverpool
19. In Manchester
20. In Bristol
21. Newcastle Notes
22. Memories of London
23. “You Can’t Change the Record”
24. Last Days in Britain
25. A Regrettable Interview
26. Remembering English Friends
27. Susan B. Anthony
28. Ungentlemanly and Unchristian
29. Satin and Orange Blossoms
30. A Divided Duty
31. Again in the Public Eye
32. New Projects
33. Club Life and Politics
34. A Negro Theater
35. Negro Fellowship League
36. Illinois Lynchings
37. NAACP
38. Steve Green and “Chicken Joe” Campbell
39. Seeking the Negro Vote
40. Protest to the Governor
41. World War I and the Negro Soldiers
42. The Equal Rights League
43. East Saint Louis Riot
44. Arkansas Riot
45. The Tide of Hatred
46. The Price of Liberty
Afterword by Michelle Duster
Bibliography
Index