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olevin84's review
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
sad
tense
slow-paced
5.0
This collection of work is NOT for the faint of heart! But it is an important collection of work that MUST be read by every American.
audra2023's review
challenging
emotional
informative
tense
slow-paced
4.0
Extensive compilation of written work by Wells-Barnett. Eye-opening to histories not taught and widely recognized.
katybug25's review
5.0
This title is a complete collection of Ida B. Wells’ surviving works (her printing press was taken over, and some of her works were destroyed). Ida B. Wells was an important journalist, suffragette, and activist. Her writing is accessible and straight forward. She uses pathos but also incorporates the use of logos. There was repetition present in her writing, but most of the works were articles for newspapers or pamphlets made for the public. It would make sense that she would recycle her work as it would give background for new audiences and provide an emphasis on points she was making. I really liked that the pieces were separated into parts and how there were little introductions for each work. I found it was helpful in understanding the context behind each work and in giving readers a greater insight of the events occurring during each piece.
I really admire the dedication of Ida B. Wells in her investigative reporting regardless of the threats on her livelihood and person. I think that everyone should at least read the pamphlets she published if not her articles. She won a Pulitzer Prize Citation posthumously in 2020 for her work, which I was really glad to find out. Ida B. Wells was a courageous woman who worked to bring justice and equality to her people. Reading this collection of works really put that era of history into perspective for me and provided a look into the past. These works demonstrated a time period where atrocities were committed without consequences because authorities were corrupt and servile to racist sentiment.
I really admire the dedication of Ida B. Wells in her investigative reporting regardless of the threats on her livelihood and person. I think that everyone should at least read the pamphlets she published if not her articles. She won a Pulitzer Prize Citation posthumously in 2020 for her work, which I was really glad to find out. Ida B. Wells was a courageous woman who worked to bring justice and equality to her people. Reading this collection of works really put that era of history into perspective for me and provided a look into the past. These works demonstrated a time period where atrocities were committed without consequences because authorities were corrupt and servile to racist sentiment.
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