Michelle Duster’s latest biography on Ida B. Wells was named one of the Top 10 Most Anticipated Books of 2021 by Forbes Magazine.
Called “a dangerous negro agitator” by the FBI, and a “brave woman” by Frederick Douglass, this inspiring biography of an American human rights warrior is penned by Michelle Duster, Ida B. Well’s great-granddaughter who has dedicated her career as a writer and lecturer to lifting up the legacy and achievements of Ida B. Wells .
Winner of a 2020 Pulitzer Prize Special Citation, Ida B. Wells was born enslaved in Holly Springs, Mississippi, in 1862. In this inspiring and accessible biography, Duster tells the incredible story of Wells’s life, including her famous refusal to give up her seat on a ladies’ train car in Memphis, and her later work as a pioneering journalist and anti-lynching crusader. Overlooked and underestimated, Wells would single-handedly change the course of American history and come to inspire millions. Ida B. the Queen shines a bright light on one of the most extraordinary women in history.
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