Ida B. Wells: Crusader for Justice Annotated Bibliography Primary Sources Wells-Barnett, Ida B., and Alfreda Duster. Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells. Chicago: U of Chicago, 1970. Print This book provided me with information about Wells and her writing. Useful for quotes as well as an image. Wells-Barnett, Ida B. On Lynchings. Ed. Patricia H. Collins. Amherst, NY: Humanity, 2002. Print. This book was a compendium Wells three most important writing. Useful for understanding Wells activism and for quotes. NAACP Pickets at the Crime Conference, Washington D.C. 1934. N.d. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Online Collection. Library of Congress. Web. 12 Jan. 15. Farnum, George H. Lynching of Laura Nelson and Her Son. N.d. Without Sanctuary. Web. 3 Mar. 15. This source provided me with lynching photographs. Wells, Ida B. "Lynch Law in America." American Public Address. University of Washington, 6 Mar. 98. Web. 12 Jan. 15. This source provided me with a quote. Large Crowd Looking at the Burned Body of Jesse Washington, Waco, TX 1916. N.d. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Online Collection. Library of Congress. 3 Feb. 2015. Wells, Ida B. "Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases." Project Gutenberg. Michael Hart, 08 Feb. 2005. Web. 12 Jan. 2015. This source provided me with a primary source of Wells writing and was useful for quotes as well as an image of her work. Wells-Barnett, Ida B., Mia Bay, and Henry Louis Gates. The Light of Truth: Writings of an Anti- Lynching Crusader. N.d., n.p. Print. This source was useful for information about Wells writings, activism, and quotes.
Wells, Ida B. "Ida B. Wells, This Awful Slaughter." Great Speeches by African Americans: Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Barack Obama, and Others. Ed. James Daley. Mineola: Dover Publications, 2006. 98-101. Print. This source was a useful source for quoting Wells exact words during a speech. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "A red record. Tabulated statistics and alleged causes of lynchings in the United States, 1892-1893-1894. Respectfully submitted to the nineteenth century civilization in "the land of the free and the home of the brave." By Miss Ida B. Wells [title page]." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 27 April 2015. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "United States atrocities: lynch law [cover]", The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 27 April 2015. "The New York Age on Newspapers.com." Newspapers.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 April 2015. This source provided me with a picture. "Lynching in America, Ca. 1926." Lynching in America, NAACP: For the Good of America. The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. N.d. Web. 27 April 2015. This source provided me access to historical publications of the NAACP. Williams, Lillian Serece., and Randolph Boehm. Records of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, 1895-1992. Bethesda, MD: U Publications of America, 1993. LexisNexis. National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, 1994. Web. 1 May 2015. This source provided me with historical documents of the National Association of Colored Women s Clubs. Hendricks, Wanda. "Alpha Suffrage Club." Alpha Suffrage Club. Chicago Historical Society, 2004. Web. 12 May 2015. This source provided me information on the Alpha Women s Club and an image.
Choldin, Harvey. "Chicago Housing Authority." Chicago Housing Authority. Chicago Historical Society, 2005. Web. 12 May 2015. This source provided me with information about the Ida B. Wells homes in Chicago and an image. "Woman Journalist Crusades Against Lynching." African American Odyssey. Library of Congress, 1998. Web. 12 May 2015. This source provided me with an image and information about Wells writings. "The Famous Young Colored Exponent of a Persecuted Race." Iowa State Bystander [Des Moines] 14 Sept. 1894: n. pag. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress. Web. 12 May 2015. This source provided me with a newspaper article about a speech given by Wells. Plessy vs. Ferguson, Judgement, Decided May 18, 1896; Records of the Supreme Court of the United States; Record Group 267; Plessy v. Ferguson, 163, #15248, National Archives. Web. 17 May 2015. This source provided me with information about Plessy vs. Ferguson and an image. Secondary Sources "Ida B. Wells." Bio. A&E Television Networks, 2015. Web. 09 Mar. 2015. This source provided me with a basic outline of Wells life. "Guide to the Ida B. Wells Papers 1884-1976." Guide to the Ida B. Wells Papers 1884-1976. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Mar. 2015. Baker, Lee D. "Ida B. Wells-Barnett and Her Passion for Justice." People.duke.edu. N.p., Apr. 1996. Web.12 Jan. 2015. This website provided me with information about Wells and a good quote. Tolnay, Stewart Emory., and E. M. Beck. A Festival of Violence: An Analysis of Southern Lynchings, 1882-1930. Pps. 17 & 50. Urbana: U of Illinois, 1995. Print. This source provided me with a large amount of information on lynchings in the Southern United States. "Lynching." The Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, 2005. Print. This source provided a definition of lynching.
"Lynching Statistics." For 1882-1968. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Feb. 2015. This was useful for understanding the magnitude of lynching. "National Association of Black Journalists." National Association of Black Journalists. N.p., n.d. Web. 08Feb. 2015. This was a good source for basic information about Wells. Wormser, Richard. "Jim Crow Stories: Ida B. Wells (1862-1931)." PBS - The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow. PBS, 2002. Web. 11 Dec. 2014. This source provided me with basic information on Wells and her accomplishments. "In Search of Ida Wells." Tennessee History for Kids. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 May 2015. This source provided me with photographs and basic information about Wells, as well as a picture of a news article about Wells railroad lawsuit and Supreme Court appeal case. Machnitzki, Thomas R. "Downtown Holly Springs MS 2012-08-19 015.jpg." WikiMedia Commons. N.p., 1 Sept. 2014. Web. 05 May 2015 This source provided me with a photo. Bozeman, Andrew. "Do You Know How Ida B. Wells Has Affected Our Lives?" San Francisco Bay View. San Francisco Bay View, 02 Mar. 2013. Web. 12 May 2015. This source provided me with information on Wells legacy and a photograph. "DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis." WTTW Public Media. WTTW Public Media, N.d. Web. 01 May 2015. This source provided me with information on Wells husband and a photograph. Mwamba, Jay. "BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2015: Grim Struggle to End Lynching." NY Daily News. NY Daily News, 06 Feb. 2015. Web. 12 May 2015. This source provided me with a photograph and information on their Ida B. Wells award. "Who We Are." National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (NACWC). National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, N.d. Web. 07 May 2015. This source provided me with information on the founding of and the purpose of the National Association of Colored Women s Clubs. "NAACP: 100 Years of History." NAACP: 100 Years of History. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, N.d. Web. 07 May 2015.
This source provided me with information on the history and purpose of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. "US Stamp Gallery Ida B. Wells." US Stamp Gallery Ida B. Wells. N.p., N.d. Web. 07 May 2015. This source provided me information on the Ida B. Wells Black Heritage Stamp and a photograph. "2011 Legends and Living Legacy Awards." National Women's History Museum. DePizan Honors National Women's History Museum, 2011. Web. 07 May 2015. This source provided me with information on the Legend and Living Legacy Award honoring Ida B. Wells by the National Women s History Museum. "The People's Grocery... and Ida B. Wells." Historic-Memphis. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 May 2015. This website was useful for information about the People s Grocery lynching in Memphis, TN and images. Ida B. Wells - Anti-Lynching Crusader." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, N.d. Web. 12 May 2015. This website was useful for an image. And information about Wells. Pilgrim, David. "What Was Jim Crow?" Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia: Origins of Jim Crow. Ferris State University, Sept. 2000. Web. 17 May 2015. This source provided me with information about Jim Crow. Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia. Ferris State University, n.d. Web. 17 May 2015. This source provided me with images.