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Yours for Justice, Ida B. Wells : The Daring Life of a Crusading Journalist
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Yours for Justice, Ida B. Wells : The Daring Life of a Crusading Journalist Hardcover - 2008

by Dray, Philip

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Philip Dray and Stephen Alcorn re-create the tensions that threatened to upend the nation a century ago while paying tribute to a courageous American hero.

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Peachtree Publishing Company Inc. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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  • Title Yours for Justice, Ida B. Wells : The Daring Life of a Crusading Journalist
  • Author Dray, Philip
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 48
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Peachtree Publishing Company Inc
  • Date March 1, 2008
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GRP102622945
  • ISBN 9781561454174 / 1561454176
  • Weight 1.24 lbs (0.56 kg)
  • Dimensions 12.01 x 10.09 x 0.4 in (30.51 x 25.63 x 1.02 cm)
  • Ages 10 to 14 years
  • Grade levels 5 - 9
  • Reading level 950
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1900-1949
    • Chronological Period: 1851-1899
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress subjects Journalists, Women
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007004016
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Citations

  • Booklist, 02/01/2008, Page 58
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2008, Page 0
  • Kirkus Review - Children, 02/01/2008, Page 145
  • Publishers Weekly, 02/11/2008, Page 69
  • School Library Journal, 04/01/2008, Page 130

About the author

Philip Dray was a Pulitzer Prize finalist and winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Book Award for At The Hands of Persons Unknown: The Lynching of Black America. It was through his work on this book that he became acquainted with Ida B. Wells and her compelling story. He lives in New York.

Stephen Alcorn was born in the United States and grew up in Italy. A professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, he is an award-winning printmaker, portraitist, and illustrator of over fifty children's books, including Let it Shine, a Coretta Scott King Honor Book. He lives in Virginia.

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