Ida B. Wells, Voice of Truth is an inspiring picture book
biography of the groundbreaking journalist and civil rights activist
as told by her great-granddaughter Michelle Duster and illustrated by
Coretta Scott King Award Honoree artist Laura Freeman.
Ida B. Wells was an educator,
journalist, feminist, businesswoman, newspaper owner, public speaker,
suffragist, civil rights activist, and women's club leader.
She was a founder of the NAACP, the
National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, the Alpha Suffrage
Club, and the Negro Fellowship League.
She wrote, spoke, and traveled,
challenging the racist and sexist norms of her time.
Faced with criticism and threats to
her life, she never gave up.
This is her extraordinary true
story, as told by her great-granddaughter Michelle Duster and
beautifully brought to life by Coretta Scott King Award Honoree
artist Laura Freeman.
