After the office of the Memphis Free Speech newspaper was destroyed and a price put on her
head, Ida B. Wells became an exile from Memphis, Tennessee in 1892. She went to New York City
where she wrote and started speaking to large groups of people about the brutal realities of
lynching. She subsequently spent several weeks in the United Kingdom during 1893 speaking
about these realities.
In 1894, Ida B. Wells returned to England where she continued to speak about the lawlessness
in the United States. Her column, “Ida B. Wells Abroad,” for the The Daily Inter Ocean newspaper
and some personal correspondence provide a vivid picture of the challenges, triumphs, alliances
and obstacles that Ida B. Wells encountered in her efforts to elicit support from the British to impact
change in the United States.
$15.95 ISBN: 978-0-9802398-9-8 6X9 Paperback 160 pages
head, Ida B. Wells became an exile from Memphis, Tennessee in 1892. She went to New York City
where she wrote and started speaking to large groups of people about the brutal realities of
lynching. She subsequently spent several weeks in the United Kingdom during 1893 speaking
about these realities.
In 1894, Ida B. Wells returned to England where she continued to speak about the lawlessness
in the United States. Her column, “Ida B. Wells Abroad,” for the The Daily Inter Ocean newspaper
and some personal correspondence provide a vivid picture of the challenges, triumphs, alliances
and obstacles that Ida B. Wells encountered in her efforts to elicit support from the British to impact
change in the United States.
$15.95 ISBN: 978-0-9802398-9-8 6X9 Paperback 160 pages
IDA From Abroad
The timeless writings of Ida B. Wells from England in 1894
The timeless writings of Ida B. Wells from England in 1894
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African Americans were deliberately and systematically eliminated from participating in the
preparation and exhibition of the Columbian Exposition (World’s Fair) of 1893. This event, which
took place in Chicago, Illinois drew tens of thousands of visitors from across the country and world
to showcase the innovations and progress of the United States.
A small group of four people contributed to a pamphlet entitled The Reason Why the Colored
American is not in the World’s Columbian Exposition. Thousands of pamphlets were distributed to
inform people who attended the fair from all over the world about the injustice that existed in the
United States.
Class Legislation, attributed to Ida B. Wells, and Lynch Law, written by Ida B. Wells, were two
sections included in the pamphlet and are reprinted as part of this great book Ida: In Her Own
Words. The pieces give a glimpse for today’s readers to understand the cruelty and hypocrisy of the
country at that time. The generation of African Americans who had hopes that the end of slavery
would be the end of their injustice eloquently documented how those hopes had not come to pass!
$12.95 ISBN 978-0-9802398-1-2 6x9 Paperback 104 pages
preparation and exhibition of the Columbian Exposition (World’s Fair) of 1893. This event, which
took place in Chicago, Illinois drew tens of thousands of visitors from across the country and world
to showcase the innovations and progress of the United States.
A small group of four people contributed to a pamphlet entitled The Reason Why the Colored
American is not in the World’s Columbian Exposition. Thousands of pamphlets were distributed to
inform people who attended the fair from all over the world about the injustice that existed in the
United States.
Class Legislation, attributed to Ida B. Wells, and Lynch Law, written by Ida B. Wells, were two
sections included in the pamphlet and are reprinted as part of this great book Ida: In Her Own
Words. The pieces give a glimpse for today’s readers to understand the cruelty and hypocrisy of the
country at that time. The generation of African Americans who had hopes that the end of slavery
would be the end of their injustice eloquently documented how those hopes had not come to pass!
$12.95 ISBN 978-0-9802398-1-2 6x9 Paperback 104 pages
IDA In Her Own Words
The timeless writings of Ida B. Wells from 1893
The timeless writings of Ida B. Wells from 1893