Translates and interprets the Wallam Olum, a Lenni Lenape chronicle of their migration across the North American continent
Reproduction of the original: The Red Record by Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Ida B. Wells-Barnett was an anti-lynching activist who went to white newspaper accounts to gather a list of all documented lynchings during that year.
The Afro-Americans of Memphis denounced the lynching of three of their best citizens, and urged and waited for the authorities to act in the matter and bring the lynchers to justice. No attempt was made to do so, and the black men left ...
With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of The Red Record: Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynching in the United States is both modern and readable.
In some cases, committing no offense at all (other than being Black) was also enough to "trigger" a lynching. The pre-lynching tortures described in this book are nothing short of stomach-turning.
The red record; Ida B. Wells-Barnett was an early figure in the civil rights movement.
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In this new edition Jacqueline Jones Royster sheds light on the specific events, such as the yellow fever epidemic, that spurred Wells’s progression towards activism.
Differentiated book* It has a historical context with research of the time-The Red Record by Ida B. Wells-Barnett.This book contains a historical context, where past events or the study and narration of these events are examined.
" The Red Record tabulates these scenes of brutality in clear, objective statistics, allowing the horrifying facts to speak for themselves.