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Article: Bold Messenger: Wells Raised Her Voice in the Face Of Danger
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- The Crisis
- Article date:
- April 1, 2008
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Books Bold Messenger: Wells Raised Her Voice in the Face Of Danger Ida: A Sword Among Lions by Paula J. Biddings (Amistad, $35)
reviewed by Erin Aubry Kaplan
What besets a racial-justice movement most? Dissension among the leaders, disagreement over goals and tactics, self-interest eclipsing community interest, anxiety about rocking the establishment and, perhaps most grievous, apathy among the general public-including Black people themselves-about the crises that threaten us all. This distressing state of affairs is mainly associated with the post-civil rights ennui that set in after the 1960s and lingers still. But in her impassioned and engaging new biography of journalist/activist Ida ...