On Lynchings

Discover the powerful voice of Ida B. Wells-Barnett in her compelling work, On Lynchings. Published in 2014, this significant book spans 192 pages and delves into the harrowing realities faced by African Americans during the bleak years following the Civil War. In the 1880s and 1890s, over 100 black citizens fell victim to lynching each year, a brutal testament to the oppression of the era. In 1892, as a courageous Memphis newspaper editor, Wells-Barnett emerged as a lone voice of protest against this injustice, risking her life to champion civil rights. This essential compilation includes her groundbreaking pamphlet Southern Horrors, along with its successors, A Red Record and M. Join Wells-Barnett on her relentless crusade against lynching and gain insight into a pivotal chapter of American history that continues to resonate today.