Ida B. Wells: Mother of the Civil Rights Movement
by Dennis Brindell Fradin and Judith Bloom Fradin
Ida B. Wells was a writer, publisher, speaker, activist, and the instrumental figure... read more
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- Grade
- 4-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
- Women / Girls
Year Published 2000
Word Count 39,923
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1140L
- ATOS Reading Level: 8.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 43587, 7.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Civil rights workers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- African American women civil rights workers--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931--Juvenile literature
- Civil rights workers
- Lynching--United States--History--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- African American women journalists--Biography--Juvenile literature
- African American women journalists
- Wells-Barnett, Ida B.
- Lynching
- History
- United States
- United States--Race relations--Juvenile literature
- African American women civil rights workers
- Race relations
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- Exploring Tennessee
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ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2022
Commended, 2001

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Selection, 2001
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