Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Heidi Moore
A biography of Ida B. Wells-Barnett, a former slave who became a journalist dedicated to equal rights, and who fought especially for women's right to vote and an end to lynching.
Read Time: ~3 hr
Fight on!
by Dennis Brindell Fradin & Judith Bloom Fradin (2003)
About this book
Profiles the first black Washington, D.C. Board of Education member, who helped to found the NAACP and organized of pickets and boycotts that led to the 1953 Supreme Court decision to integrate D.C. area restaurants.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreFight on! Lead Character
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