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To Tell the Truth Freely: The Life of Ida B. Wells. By Mia Bay. (New York: Hill and Wang, 2009. viii, 374 pp. S35.00, isbn 9780-8090-9529-2.)
Mia Bay truly takes us into the inner world ot civil rights activist Ida B. Wells. She chronicles how Wells almost single-handedly fought racism, sexism, and classism to improve the world for those who were virtually powerless. Bay's remarkable research into Wells's life gives new meaning to the phrase "lonely warrior" - often used by coundess other scholars to describe the early American "drum major for justice." She makes clear that Wells had to lead rhe fight on her own for black victims of extralegal violence.
To Tell the Truth Ereely forces us to examine the real lite of Wells. Bay demonstrates in this fascinating book that Wells was an incredible woman in...