A review by whataudreads
Southern Horrors and Other Writings: The Anti-Lynching Campaign of Ida B. Wells, 1892-1900 by Jacqueline Jones Royster

4.0

Woweeee oh my goodness this was so heartbreaking and incredible. Ida B. Wells is an absolute queen and I can't believe that I haven't learned more about her until now. The name would've sounded familiar to me before I read this book, but I honestly couldn't tell you much about what she did. And she did so much! She absolutely changed the public perception of lynching through sass and, more importantly, FACTS. This was so hard to read but so important, and I wish that the brutal realities of lynching were more than a couple sentences in most history books.
The introduction by Jacqueline Jones Royster was also incredibly insightful and worth the read, although it drew so much from Wells' writing that at times later on the original texts felt repetitive. Either way, I think this little book is entirely worth thorough perusal. Ida B. Wells should be on every bill.