James West Davidson is a historian and writer. He is coauthor of After the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection, Nation of Nations: A History of the American Republic, and Great Heart: The History of a Labrador Adventure.

• Foreword ; Acknowledgments ; Prologue: "Does This Look Natchel?" ; One: Into a Changing World ; Two: A Moral Education ; Three: Unladylike Lady ; Four: Edged Tools ; Five: Ambition to Edit ; Six: They Say ; Seven: Do Something ; Eight: Exiled ; Afterword ; Selected Bibliography ; Index

"Lynching is the greatest disgrace in our history, and Ida Wells-Barnett was its most courageous assailant. James West Davidson has written an eloquent account of the growth of Wells-Barnett's self-defined persona as a black woman, journalist, and fearless crusader. Refusing to accept an identity shaped by others--'they say'--she boldly told the world that 'I say' who I am and what I stand for."--James McPherson, author of The Battle Cry of Freedom and The Mighty Scourge

James West Davidson is a historian and writer. He is coauthor of After the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection, Nation of Nations: A History of the American Republic, and Great Heart: The History of a Labrador Adventure.

• Foreword ; Acknowledgments ; Prologue: "Does This Look Natchel?" ; One: Into a Changing World ; Two: A Moral Education ; Three: Unladylike Lady ; Four: Edged Tools ; Five: Ambition to Edit ; Six: They Say ; Seven: Do Something ; Eight: Exiled ; Afterword ; Selected Bibliography ; Index

"Lynching is the greatest disgrace in our history, and Ida Wells-Barnett was its most courageous assailant. James West Davidson has written an eloquent account of the growth of Wells-Barnett's self-defined persona as a black woman, journalist, and fearless crusader. Refusing to accept an identity shaped by others--'they say'--she boldly told the world that 'I say' who I am and what I stand for."--James McPherson, author of The Battle Cry of Freedom and The Mighty Scourge

James West Davidson is a historian and writer. He is coauthor of After the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection, Nation of Nations: A History of the American Republic, and Great Heart: The History of a Labrador Adventure.

• Foreword ; Acknowledgments ; Prologue: "Does This Look Natchel?" ; One: Into a Changing World ; Two: A Moral Education ; Three: Unladylike Lady ; Four: Edged Tools ; Five: Ambition to Edit ; Six: They Say ; Seven: Do Something ; Eight: Exiled ; Afterword ; Selected Bibliography ; Index

"Lynching is the greatest disgrace in our history, and Ida Wells-Barnett was its most courageous assailant. James West Davidson has written an eloquent account of the growth of Wells-Barnett's self-defined persona as a black woman, journalist, and fearless crusader. Refusing to accept an identity shaped by others--'they say'--she boldly told the world that 'I say' who I am and what I stand for."--James McPherson, author of The Battle Cry of Freedom and The Mighty Scourge