Deze auteur was een spilfiguur in de burgerrechten- en vrouwenkiesrechtbewegingen. Als journalist en redacteur documenteerde ze onbevreesd de onrechtvaardigheden waarmee Afro-Amerikanen te maken kregen, met name lynchpartijen, en legde ze de ware motieven bloot. Ze was ook een toegewijde suffragette die verschillende opmerkelijke vrouwenorganisaties oprichtte. Door bekwame retoriek en internationale lezingen zette ze zich in voor bewustwording over deze kritieke kwesties.
Three pamphlets by a civil rights pioneer chronicle some of the most regrettable incidents in American history. Wells's meticulous research and documentation of crimes from the 1890s offer priceless historical testimony.
This volume describes many horrific instances when the law turned a blind eye to the barbaric practice of lynching, in an attempt to galvanise the public into action and put a stop to it once and for all.
Lynch Law in All Its Phases
In the 1890s, Ida Wells-Barnett courageously documented the brutal reality of lynching in the United States, challenging the narrative that it targeted only black criminals. Through her investigative articles and the pamphlet "Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in all its Phases," she revealed lynching as a tool of white supremacy aimed at suppressing African Americans who posed economic and political challenges. Her work highlighted the barbaric nature of these acts and their role in maintaining racial terror and oppression in the South.