Ida B. Wells: Let the Truth Be Told [Paperback]

This picture book biography introduces the extraordinary Ida B. Wells. Long before boycotts, sit-ins, and freedom rides, Ida B. Wells was hard at work to better the lives of African Americans.

An activist, educator, writer, journalist, suffragette, and pioneering voice against the horror of lynching, she used fierce determination and the power of the pen to educate the world about the unequal treatment of blacks in the United States.

In this picture book biography, award-winning,New York Timesbestselling author Walter Dean Myers tells the story of this legendary figure, which blends harmoniously with the historically detailed watercolor paintings of illustrator Bonnie Christensen.

Myers’s unflinching tale highlights Wells’s courage and persistence by using own words and writings throughout, and sharing the many moments of her life when she refused to accept discrimination and raised her voice for justice (Brightly.com).

Ida B. Wells was an extraordinary woman.

Long before boycotts, sit-ins, and freedom rides, Ida B. Wells was hard at work to better the lives of African-Americans. An activist, educator, writer, journalist, suffragette, and pioneering voice against the horror of lynching, she used fierce determination and the power of the pen to educate the world about the unequal treatment of blacks in the United States.New York Timesbestselling and award-winning author Walter Dean Myers tells the story of this legendary figure in this fascinating book, which is illuminated by the historically detailed watercolor paintings of Bonnie Christensen.

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