Description
| Product ID: | 9780143106821 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | The Light of Truth |
| Authors: | Author: Ida Wells |
| Page Count: | 368 |
| Subjects: | Diaries, letters and journals, Diaries, letters & journals, History of the Americas, Slavery and abolition of slavery, Human rights, civil rights, History of the Americas, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Human rights, USA, c 1800 to c 1900, 20th century |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Through brilliant social analysis, the author exposed lynching as part of a larger framework of subjugation in which white people used violence as a deliberate tactic to combat black economic progress in the southern USA. This book tells her story. In this collection, Wells''s anti-lynching crusade comes alive. Through brilliant social analysis, she exposed lynching as part of a larger framework of subjugation in which white people used violence as a deliberate tactic to combat black economic progress in the southern USA. Wells won international renown for her investigative journalism, leading her on lecture tours around the Northern States and Europe, where she rallied support against lynching. |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Classics |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2014-11-27 |
