On Lynchings by Ida B. Wells-Barnett

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The bleak years after the Civil War brought continuing oppression to African Americans. During the 1880s and 1890s, more than 100 black citizens were lynched each year. In 1892, Memphis newspaper editor Ida B. Wells-Barnett raised a lone voice of protest and was forced to flee for her life. So began the civil rights pioneer's crusade against lynching. This compilation features Southern Horrors, Wells's first pamphlet on the subject of lynching, as well as its successors, A Red Record and Mob show more Rule in New Orleans. Substantiated by her meticulous research and documentation, these works remain as important to today's historians as they were to the author's original audience. show less

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Frenzie 117 reviews

Short, but very depressing and therefore difficult to get through.

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Mar 9, 2018

Mapguy314 743 reviews

This is actually 3 separate booklets because each is numbered separately:
Southern Horrors - 24 pages year 1892
A Red Record - 101 pages 1894
Mob Rule in New Orleans - 48 pages 1900

Each artlcle is basically a statistical report on the number of lynching, locations and charges, sometimes no cause is listed. Statistics were gathered from published newspaper reports.

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