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(LYNCHING.) WELLS IDA B[ARNETT].
The Reconstruction Review.
Voice of the Carpet Bagger. Volume 1.
Charts in text. 48 pages. Tall 8vo, original
printed tan wrappers; archival paper repair to cover at the spine; light stain at outer margin
through text. Housed in a specially made quarter morocco clamshell box.
Chicago: Anti-Lynching League, 1901
[3,000/4,000]
AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE PAMPHLET
“
REVIEW
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FROM IDA B
.
WELLS ANTI
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LYNCHING BUREAU
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Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (1862-1931), journalist, editor, suffragist, and sociologist, was the chairman of
the Anti-Lynching League, the leading voice against lynching in America at the time. This “Review,”
largely written by her, not only addresses the violent injustice of Jim Crow America, but goes after the
politicians that were acting deaf and dumb to the problem. It consists of a number of essays and articles
with some statistical charts. From 1897 through 1901, the number of lynchings in America had been
growing exponentially each year. In 1901 alone, there were 135 lynchings; in 6 of which the victims
were burned alive. In her introduction, she writes “This is the first number of a series which the
author intends to publish. It may be an annual, or a quarterly, or a monthly, as the support given shall
permit.” OCLC locates only two copies of this first issue, apparently all published. Wells was a mem-
ber of the Niagara Movement with W.E.B. Du Bois, and fought tirelessly for Civil Rights till the
end of her life.