Paula Giddings, Ida: A Sword Among Lions HarperCollins, 2009
Born to slaves, Ida B. Wells was a muckraking journalist, a champion of women's rights, a newspaper editor and publisher, and the most prominent foe of the lynching of African Americans in the vicious backlash that followed post-Civil War Reconstruction. Historian Paula Giddings talks about the enduring relevance of Wells' life and work.