Who Was Ida B. Wells?
by Sarah Fabiny, Who Hq, and Ted Hammond • Part of the Who Was? What Was? Where Is? Series
The story of how a girl born into slavery became an early leader in the civil rights... read more
- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Area
- African American
- Women / Girls
Year Published 2020
Word Count 7,986
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 840L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 509494
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- African American women civil rights workers--Biography--Juvenile literature
- African Americans--Civil rights--History--Juvenile literature
- Civil rights workers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Journalists--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931--Juvenile literature
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