The Red Record (Esprios Classics) - Wells-Barnett, Ida B.

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Résumé :
Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (July 16, 1862 - March 25, 1931) was an American investigative journalist, educator, and early leader in the civil rights movement. She was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Over the course of a lifetime dedicated to combating prejudice and violence, and the fight for African-American equality, especially that of women, Wells arguably became the most famous Black woman in America. Born into slavery in Holly Springs, Mississippi, Wells was freed by the Emancipation Proclamation during the American Civil War. At the age of 16, she lost both her parents and her infant brother in the 1878 yellow fever epidemic. She went to work and kept the rest of the family together with the help of her grandmother....

Biographie:
Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (1862 -1931) was an American investigative journalist, educator, and early leader in the civil rights movement. She was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Over the course of a lifetime dedicated to combating prejudice and violence, and the fight for African-American equality, especially that of women, Wells arguably became the most famous Black woman in America. Born into slavery in Holly Springs, Mississippi, Wells was freed by the Emancipation Proclamation during the American Civil War. At the age of 16, she lost both her parents and her infant brother in the 1878 yellow fever epidemic. She went to work and kept the rest of the family together with the help of her grandmother. Later, moving with some of her siblings to Memphis, Tennessee, she found better pay as a teacher. Soon, Wells co-owned and wrote for the Memphis Free Speech and Headlight newspaper. Her reporting covered incidents of racial segregation and inequality.

Sommaire:
Ida B. Wells was an American investigative journalist, educator, and pioneer in the civil rights movement. Her full name was Ida Bell Wells-Barnett, and she lived from July 16, 1862, to March 25, 1931. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded by one of its founders. Ida B. Wells dedicated her life to fighting against prejudice and brutality, as well as for the equality of African Americans, particularly women. She is regarded as the most well-known Black woman in American history at the time. Wells, who was born a slave in Holly Springs, Mississippi, was set free thanks to the American Civil War's Emancipation Proclamation. Ida B. Wells later found greater compensation as a teacher after relocating to Memphis, Tennessee, with several of her siblings. Wells soon co-owned the Memphis Free Speech and Headlight newspaper and began contributing to it. She reported on instances of racial discrimination and segregation. Following more research, Wells created The Red Record in 1895, a 100-page pamphlet that goes into greater detail regarding lynching in the United States following the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863. Also mentioned were the issues that Black people have faced in the South since the Civil War....