Paula J. Giddings
American author, historian and literary critic best known for her work on African American women and feminism; author of When and Where I Enter and other influential books on Black women's history and culture.
Books
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1. Ida
A Sword Among Lions: Ida B. Wells and the Campaign Against Lynching
A meticulously researched biography that follows Ida B. Wells from her upbringing in post–Civil War Tennessee to her rise as a fearless investigative journalist and anti-lynching crusader, chronicling her exposés, speaking tours, and legal and organizational battles against racial terror. Placing her life within Reconstruction and Jim Crow, it illuminates the personal costs of activism and her enduring influence on civil rights and feminist movements.
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