"They Say"; Ida B. Wells and the Reconstruction of Race
ISBN: 9780195160215 | 0195160215
Format: PaperbackPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 7/21/2008
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In 'They Say,' James West Davidson recounts the first thirty years in the passionate life of Ida B. Wells--as well as the story of the great struggle over the meaning of race in post-emancipation America. Davidson captures the breathtaking and often chaotic changes that swept the South asWells grew up in Holly Springs, Mississippi: the spread of education among free blacks, the rise of political activism, and the bitter struggles for equality in the face of entrenched social custom. When Wells came of age she moved to bustling Memphis, where he... MORE
ForewordAcknowledgmentsPrologue: "Does This Look Natchel?"One: Into a Changing WorldTwo: A Moral EducationThree: Unladylike LadyFour: Edged ToolsFive: Ambition to EditSix: They SaySeven: Do SomethingEight: ExiledAfterwordSelected BibliographyIndex
James West Davidson is a historian and writer. He is coauthor of After the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection, Nation of Nations: A History of the American Republic, and Great Heart: The History of a Labrador Adventure.
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