Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice

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Though virtually forgotten today, Ida B. Wells-Barnett was a household name in black America during much of her lifetime (1863-1931). This film is a stirring biography of a crusading journalist, anti-lynching campaigner, and black suffragette during the most repressive years of the Jim Crow period. It documents the dramatic life and turbulent times of the pioneering African-American woman during the post-Reconstruction period. Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison reads selections from Wells' memoirs and other writings in this winner of more than 20 film festival awards
Introduction to Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice (1:27)
Ida B. Wells' Early Life (2:36)
End of Childhood (2:35)
Job in Memphis (1:43)
Black Middle Class (1:54)
Segregation (2:35)
Princess of the Press (3:25)
Racism and Power (1:40)
Lynch Response (2:24)
Go West (2:23)
Boycott (2:01)
Charges of Sexual Assault (3:11)
Ida B. Wells in Exile (2:10)
National Anti-Lynching Campaign (2:18)
Conscience of the World (2:42)
World's Fair (2:26)
Suffragist Movement (1:46)
Wells' Marriage (2:20)
Opposition (1:52)
Black Martyrs (2:56)
Arkansas Race Riot (2:41)
Open These Prison Doors (2:56)
Credits: Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice (2:13)

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