Books, Films & More
Images of Ida B. Wells can be secured from University of Chicago Regenstein Library
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BOOKS ABOUT IDA B WELLS BY HER DESCENDANTS
Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells (2nd edition)
Edited by her daughter, Alfreda M. Duster
Foreword by Eve L. Ewing,
Afterword by Michelle Duster (great-granddaughter)
University of Chicago Press, 2020
385 pages
Ida B. Wells, Voice of Truth (children's picture book)
Michelle Duster (great-granddaughter)
Henry Holt & Co, 2022
40 pages
Ida B the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells
Michelle Duster (great-granddaughter)
Atria/One Signal Publishers, 2021
176 pages
Ida From Abroad: The Timeless Writings of Ida B. Wells from England in 1894
Edited by Michelle Duster (great-granddaughter)
Foreword by Troy Duster, Ph.D. (grandson)
BW Publishing, 2010
170 pages
Ida In Her Own Words: The Timeless Writings of Ida B. Wells from 1893
Edited by Michelle Duster (great-granddaughter)
Foreword by Troy Duster, Ph.D. (grandson)
BW Publishing, 2008
104 pages
Tate and His Historic Dream (includes Ida B. Wells)
Bernard C. Turner and Michelle Duster (great-granddaughter)
Highlights of Chicago Press, 2014
40 pages
ADULT BOOKS THAT INCLUDE INPUT FROM IDA B WELLS DESCENDANTS
Ida: A Sword Among Lions: Ida B. Wells and the Campaign Against Lynching
Paula J. Giddings
HarperCollins, 2008
800 pages
Ida B. Wells-Barnett & American Reform 1880-1930
Patricia A. Schechter
The University of North Carolina Press, 2001
386 pages
Passionate for Justice: Ida B. Wells As Prophet for Our Time
Catherine Meeks and Nibs Stroupe
Church Publishing, 2019
150 pages
Political Pioneer of the Press (text book)
Lori Amber Roessner & Jodi L. Rightler-McDaniels (editors)
Lexington Books, 2018
244 pages
CHILDREN'S BOOKS THAT INCLUDE INPUT FROM IDA B WELLS DESCENDANTS
Ida B. Wells: Mother of the Civil Rights Movement
Dennis Brindell Fradin and Judith Bloom Fradin
Hougton Mifflin Company, 2000
178 pages
Let's Meet Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Helen Frost
Chelsea House Publishers, 2004
32 pages
ORGANIZATIONS AND PROJECTS THAT HAVE INCLUDED INPUT FROM IDA B WELLS DESCENDANTS
Inducted Ida B. Wells in 2011
Showcases Ida's desk
Link to company that tours locations important in Ida B. Wells' life
Chicago-based tours of a variety of neighborhoods including Bronzeville, which is where Ida B. Wells lived, worked, and raised her family.
Ida B. Wells: A Chicago Stories Special
2021 documentary film, directed by Stacy Robinson for WTTW
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
1989 PBS documentary film, directed by William Greaves (59 minutes)
House museum on property where Ida was born
Inducted Ida B. Wells in 1988
Created plaque to honor Ida B. Wells in Birmingham, England in 2019
Portrait of Ida B. Wells at Harvard
Jane J. Mansbridge with portrait that was commissioned in 2006 (Patricia Watwood - artist)
Historic church where Ida B. Wells delivered many of her speeches
Ida B. Wells' alma mater - an HBCU
Features an exhibit on Ida B. Wells
Designed to educate children about the history of Tennessee. Ida B. Wells is featured.
University of Chicago Regenstein Library
The U of C library has majority of the personal papers of Ida B. Wells
WORK BY OTHERS
Interactive Map
Where Ida Spoke During Her 1893 and 1894 Speaking Tours in the United Kingdom
The Untold Stories of Black Women in the Suffrage Movement
Article and 9-minute video that includes Ida B. Wells
Gonzaga University
The Courageous Life of Ida B. Wells