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.