Wednesday, December 15, 2021

Ida B. The Queen

 Michelle Duster is the great grand daughter of Ida B. Wells, a civil rights leader who was  born a slave in Mississippi in 1862. I was happy to read Ida B. The Queen because it was written by a relative of hers. Ida had parents who were educated and they encouraged her to speak out against injustice. When they died at a tragically young age, teenager Ida took over raising her siblings before going on her own crusade against injustice and lynching. She became a journalist who dared write the facts about local lynchings. Ida was brave and a princess of the press.


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