Ida B. Wells, voice of truth : educator, feminist, and anti-lynching civil rights leader

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Title:

Ida B. Wells, voice of truth : educator, feminist, and anti-lynching civil rights leader

Author:

Duster, Michelle, author.

Freeman, Laura (Illustrator), illustrator.

Summary:

"An inspiring picture book biography of Ida B. Wells--who was an educator, journalist, feminist, businesswoman, newspaper owner, public speaker, suffragist, civil rights activist, and women's club leader--as told by her great-granddaughter, Michelle Duster." -- Provided by publisher.

Audience:

Ages 4-8. Henry Holt and Company.

Grades 2-3. Henry Holt and Company.

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

34 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Genre:

Biographies.

Personal Subject:

Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931-Biography-Juvenile literature.

Subject Term:

African American women civil rights workers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Civil rights workers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

African American women educators -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

African American women journalists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

African American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- Juvenile literature.

African Americans -- Social conditions -- To 1964 -- Juvenile literature.

Lynching -- History -- Juvenile literature.

Geographic Term:

United States -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature.

Author(s):

Freeman, Laura (Illustrator),

Publisher:

Henry Holt and Company,

Publication Date:

2022

ISBN:

9781250239464

Publication Information:

New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2022.

Call Number:

P DUSTER

Holds: Copies:

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Summary

Ida B. Wells, Voice of Truth is an inspiring picture book biography of the groundbreaking journalist and civil rights activist as told by her great-granddaughter Michelle Duster and illustrated by Coretta Scott King Award Honoree artist Laura Freeman.

Ida B. Wells was an educator, journalist, feminist, businesswoman, newspaper owner, public speaker, suffragist, civil rights activist, and women's club leader.

She was a founder of the NAACP, the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, the Alpha Suffrage Club, and the Negro Fellowship League.

She wrote, spoke, and traveled, challenging the racist and sexist norms of her time.

Faced with criticism and threats to her life, she never gave up.

This is her extraordinary true story, as told by her great-granddaughter Michelle Duster and beautifully brought to life by Coretta Scott King Award Honoree artist Laura Freeman.

Author Notes

Michelle Duster is an author, speaker, educator, and the great-granddaughter of Ida B. Wells. Her most recent works include Ida B. the Queen and anthologies Impact: Personal Portraits of Activism and Michelle Obama's Impact on African American Women and Girls . Michelle was involved in having a major downtown Chicago street renamed to IDA B WELLS DRIVE in 2018 and worked with a committee to develop a monument in honor of her great-grandmother, which was completed in 2021 and located on the land where the Ida B. Wells Homes once stood in Chicago.

Originally from New York City, Laura Freeman now lives in Atlanta with her husband and two children. She received her BFA from the School of Visual Arts and has illustrated over thirty children's books, including the Coretta Scott King Honor book Hidden Figures written by Margot Lee Shetterly, the Nikki & Deja series by Karen English, and Fancy Party Gowns by Deborah Blumenthal.

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Duster, the great-granddaughter of Ida B. Wells (1862--1931), narrates this biography of Wells, "an educator, a journalist, a feminist, a businesswoman, a newspaper owner, a public speaker, a suffragist, a civil rights activist, and a women's club leader," as well as a cofounder of the NAACP. Straightforward prose highlights instances of Wells's persistence against injustice, while Freeman's multilayered digital illustrations enrich the text with cinematic vignettes. Spreads include scrapbook-style layouts and portraits filled with light, hues, patterns, and textures. If some of the diction is a bit elevated for the stated age range ("lynching was used to keep the Black community in an economically and socially inferior position"), Duster's profile succeeds in celebrating an accomplished, outspoken innovator, introducing a clear icon of justice, equality, and determination. Back matter includes a timeline and a note about Wells's legacy. Ages 4--8. (Jan.)