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Who Was Ida B. Wells?

Audiobook
The story of how a girl born into slavery became an early leader in the civil rights movement and the most famous Black female journalist in nineteenth-century America.
Born into slavery in 1862, Ida Bell Wells was freed as a result of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1865. Yet she could see how just how unjust the world was. This drove her to become a journalist and activist. Throughout her life, she fought against prejudice and for equality for African Americans. Ida B. Wells would go on to co-own a newspaper, write several books, help cofound the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and fight for women's right to vote.

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Series: Who Was? Publisher: Books on Tape Edition: Unabridged

OverDrive Listen audiobook

  • ISBN: 9780593208823
  • File size: 28830 KB
  • Release date: June 2, 2020
  • Duration: 01:00:03

MP3 audiobook

  • ISBN: 9780593208823
  • File size: 28835 KB
  • Release date: June 2, 2020
  • Duration: 01:00:04
  • Number of parts: 1

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OverDrive Listen audiobook
MP3 audiobook

Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:840
Text Difficulty:4-5

The story of how a girl born into slavery became an early leader in the civil rights movement and the most famous Black female journalist in nineteenth-century America.
Born into slavery in 1862, Ida Bell Wells was freed as a result of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1865. Yet she could see how just how unjust the world was. This drove her to become a journalist and activist. Throughout her life, she fought against prejudice and for equality for African Americans. Ida B. Wells would go on to co-own a newspaper, write several books, help cofound the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and fight for women's right to vote.

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  • Details

    Publisher:
    Books on Tape
    Edition:
    Unabridged

    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    ISBN: 9780593208823
    File size: 28830 KB
    Release date: June 2, 2020
    Duration: 01:00:03

    MP3 audiobook
    ISBN: 9780593208823
    File size: 28835 KB
    Release date: June 2, 2020
    Duration: 01:00:04
    Number of parts: 1

  • Creators
  • Formats
    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    MP3 audiobook
  • Languages
    English
  • Levels
    Lexile® Measure: 840
    Text Difficulty: 4-5