{"product_id":"the-light-of-truth-writings-of-an-antilynching-crusader-9780143106821","title":"The Light of Truth Writings of an AntiLynching","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe broadest and most comprehensive collection of writings available by an early civil and women’s rights pioneer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeventy-one years before Rosa Parks’s courageous act of resistance, police dragged a young black journalist named Ida B. Wells off a train for refusing to give up her seat. The experience shaped Wells’s career, and—when hate crimes touched her life personally—she mounted what was to become her life’s work: an anti-lynching crusade that captured international attention.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume covers the entire scope of Wells’s remarkable career, collecting her early writings, articles exposing the horrors of lynching, essays from her travels abroad, and her later journalism. \u003ci\u003eThe Light of Truth \u003c\/i\u003eis both an invaluable resource for study and a testament to Wells’s long career as a civil rights activist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Wells was the most comprehensive chronicler of that common practice for which few words exist that provide sufficient condemnation. For that reason, and for Wells’ immense courage, clear pen, and understanding of the nature of journalistic advocacy, this new volume ought to become required reading for anyone interested in American history or current affairs.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eFlavorwire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An enlightening read, this collection will inspire anyone who still believes that journalism can be a voice for the voiceless.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Bust Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ida B Wells stands out because she insisted on seeing.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Ta-Nehisi Coates","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732521464151,"sku":"9780143106821","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780143106821.jpg?v=1719997250","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-light-of-truth-writings-of-an-antilynching-crusader-9780143106821","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}