Ida B. Wells
Ida B. Wells
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Annotation: In 1862, Ida B. Wells was born into slavery. Today, her legacy lives on as a trailblazing journalist and activist. Celeb... more
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Catalog Number: #394169
Format: Publisher's Hardcover
Publisher: Holiday House
Copyright Date: 2025
Edition Date: 2025 Release Date: 10/28/25
New Title: Yes
ISBN: 0-8234-5623-4
ISBN 13: 978-0-8234-5623-9
Dewey: 303
Language: English
Reading Level: 5.0
Interest Level: 4-7

In 1862, Ida B. Wells was born into slavery. Today, her legacy lives on as a trailblazing journalist and activist. Celebrate the life and achievements of a Civil Rights pioneer in this definitive middle-grade biography from Coretta Scott King Honoree Lesa Cline-Ransome.

Decades before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, Ida B. Wells was thrown out of her first class train car despite having a ticket. It wasn’t the last time Civil Rights activist and journalist Wells would be challenged: in 1892, a white mob burned her printing press and drove her out of town. But no matter what opposition she faced, Ida B. Wells wasn’t going anywhere—and in 2020, she won a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for her courageous reporting on the violence against African Americans during the era of lynching. 

This biography is the awe-inspiring true story of Ida B. Wells, an activist icon who co-founded the NAACP, published her own newspaper, and fought for intersectionality within the suffragist movement—a trailblazer who was as important in her time as she remains today. 

Coretta Scott King Honor author and NAACP Image Award winner Lesa Cline-Ransome brings Ida B. Wells’ achievements to life, and to a young audience that recognizes the need to shatter the status quo. Beyond just a biography, this powerful text honors the history of Civil Rights while challenging readers to push back against oppressive forces by being their boldest, bravest selves.


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