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

• Autore: Silkey Sarah L.
• 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
• ISBN: 0-8203-5378-7; 0-8203-4692-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910787435303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II