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Yours for Justice, Ida B Wells: the daring life of a crusading journalist by Philip Dray; Stephen Alcorn ill. Atlanta Georgia: Peachtree Publishers 2008.

ISBN 0226893421

A biography of a black woman reformer, journalist and campaigner against lynching  and Jim Crow laws. Her life story is a significant chapter in the history of race relations.

Media: Illustrations created as giclee prints of original drawings on archival vellum and hand tinted in watercolor.

5Q/5P

Curriculum Connection

6^th -8^th Historical and Social Sciences Analysis Skills- Research, Evidence, and Point of View. Women and African American History.

D. Guhl Summer 2009

Dray, P. (2008). Yours for justice, Ida B. Wells:  the daring life of crusading journalist. Illustrated by Stephen Alcorn.  Atlanta, GA: Peachtree Publishers.

Artwork: Ink and watercolor

ISBN-13: 978-1-56145-417-4

The story of champion civil rights advocate African-American Ida B. Wells illustrates the determination of a woman who challenges the expectations of the day and follows her heart as she raises her orphaned siblings, pursues an education, and speaks and writes against Jim Crow, lynching, and segregation.

Curricular connection:  Civil rights / History-Social Science Grades 8 and 11 

Subjects: Civil rights; Race relations; Social conditions; Journalists; Activism

Theme: One must speak out against injustice to help heal social ills. 

Category: Non-fiction 323

Age Level Recommendation: Middle School

Rating: 5Q/3P

AAS 5-4-08