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Black woman reformer : Ida B. Wells, lynching, and transatlantic activism / / Sarah L. Silkey ; designed by Kaelin Chappell Broaddus



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Autore: Silkey Sarah L. Visualizza persona
Titolo: Black woman reformer : Ida B. Wells, lynching, and transatlantic activism / / Sarah L. Silkey ; designed by Kaelin Chappell Broaddus Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Athens, Georgia : , : The University of Georgia Press, , 2015
©2015
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (221 p.)
Disciplina: 323.092
Soggetto topico: African American women
African American women civil rights workers
African American women social reformers
Lynching - United States - Foreign public opinion, British
Civil rights workers - United States
Social reformers - United States
Public opinion - Great Britain - History - 18th century
Persona (resp. second.): BroaddusKaelin Chappell
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: British responses to American lynching -- The emergence of a transatlantic reformer -- The struggle for legitimacy -- Building a transatlantic debate on lynching -- American responses to British protest -- A transatlantic legacy.
Sommario/riassunto: During the early 1890's, a series of shocking lynchings brought unprecedented international attention to American mob violence. This interest created an opportunity for Ida B. Wells, an African American journalist and civil rights activist from Memphis, to travel to England to cultivate British moral indignation against American lynching. Wells adapted race and gender roles established by African American abolitionists in Britain to legitimate her activism as a "black lady reformer"-a role American society denied her-and assert her right to defend her race from abroad. Based on extensive
Titolo autorizzato: Black woman reformer  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8203-5378-7
0-8203-4692-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910787435303321
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