On Lynchings

by Ida B. Wells-Barnett

Overview

Wells-Barnett (1862-1931) began speaking out against lynching as the editor of a small newspaper for Blacks in Memphis, Tennessee, and continued her campaign in New York and Chicago. Here are three of her pamphlets: Southern Horrors (1892), A Red Record (1895), and Mob Rule in New Orleans (1900). They are introduced by Patricia Hill Collins (sociology and African American studies, U. of Cincinnati). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780486779997
Publisher:	Dover Publications
Publication date:	05/21/2014
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (1862 – 1931) was an American investigative journalist, educator, and an early leader in the civil rights movement. She was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).


Patricia Hill Collins is an American academic specialising in race, class and gender. She is a Distinguished University Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park.She is also the former head of the Department of African-American Studies at the University of Cincinnati, and a past President of the American Sociological Association.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	9
I.	Southern Horrors	25
II.	A Red Record	55
III.	Mob Rule in New Orleans	153

Editorial Reviews

Wells-Barnett (1862-1931) began speaking out against lynching as the editor of a small newspaper for Blacks in Memphis, Tennessee, and continued her campaign in New York and Chicago. Here are three of her pamphlets: (1892), (1895), and (1900). They are introduced by Patricia Hill Collins (sociology and African American studies, U. of Cincinnati). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

Ida B. Wells-Barnett’s On Lynchings is not only prescient in our current moment when we’ve seen a resurgence of mob violence and state-sanctioned police brutality against Black people and others seeking freedom and justice; Wells-Barnett’s words provide the intellectual and activist concepts that we need to fight in our present. She pointedly illustrates how the brutalization and murder of Black people is of interest to all for both issues of humanitarianism and capitalism; ultimately, Wells-Barnett in her own right—and as situated beautifully by Patricia Hill Collins—is the foundation from which we can make sense of violence across the U.S. (and globe) and the paths we must take to end it. As we dismantle, reimagine, and create a world that sees the humanity in all of us by centering the most discriminated against among us, Wells-Barnett’s works should be the touchstone we come back to again and again for revelation, motivation, and world-making.

Aria S. Halliday

Ida B. Wells-Barnett's On Lynchings is not only prescient in our current moment when we've seen a resurgence of mob violence and state-sanctioned police brutality against Black people and others seeking freedom and justice; Wells-Barnett's words provide the intellectual and activist concepts that we need to fight in our present. She pointedly illustrates how the brutalization and murder of Black people is of interest to all for both issues of humanitarianism and capitalism; ultimately, Wells-Barnett in her own right--and as situated beautifully by Patricia Hill Collins--is the foundation from which we can make sense of violence across the U.S. (and globe) and the paths we must take to end it. As we dismantle, reimagine, and create a world that sees the humanity in all of us by centering the most discriminated against among us, Wells-Barnett's works should be the touchstone we come back to again and again for revelation, motivation, and world-making.

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