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Home » Events » Forums and Presentations » A conversation with Ida B. Wells’ great-granddaughter Michelle Duster

A conversation with Ida B. Wells’ great-granddaughter Michelle Duster

September 28, 2021 By Kevin Gilnack

Thank you to those who were able to join us on Tuesday, October 12, 2021, at 5 p.m. for this live Zoom event with author and public historian Michelle Duster to discuss her recent book, Ida B. the Queen, about her great-grandmother, Ida B. Wells.

Many thanks to our participants:

Michelle Duster, Ida B. Wells’ great-granddaughter, author and public historian

Charlotte Golar Richie, longtime advocate for racial equity and women’s political leadership, led a conversation Michelle Duster

Lori Cawthorne, President, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Norfolk – Plymouth County Area Alumnae Chapter, moderated the Q + A

Katrina Huff-Larmond, Vice President, Suffrage100MA; member, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Norfolk-Plymouth County Area Alumnae Chapter discussed the Deltas and their Partnership with Suffrage100MA 

Fredie Kay, Founder & President, Suffrage100MA, MC

You can watch a recording of the event below. (Please note: we had an issue with video until minute 7. Audio works throughout)

A CONVERSATION WITH IDA B. THE QUEEN AUTHOR
MICHELLE DUSTER

Tuesday, October 12, 2021
5:00 – 6:00 p.m. on Zoom

Ida B. Wells was born enslaved in Holly Springs, Mississippi, in 1862. In this inspiring and accessible book, Michelle Duster shares the life and legacy of her great-grandmother Wells. She highlights the pioneering work as a journalist, anti-lynching crusader, and suffragist through a contemporary lens. Overlooked and underestimated, Wells single-handedly changed the course of American history and has inspired millions. IDA B THE QUEEN  shines a bright light on one of the most extraordinary women in history. 

Purchase the book here and support your local Black owned bookstore:  Frugal Bookstore, Boston

Please join us for this free event! Registration is required. You will receive an email reminder when you register and again prior to the event from Suffrage100MA.

 

 

This event is sponsored by Suffrage100MA and is funded in part by Mass Humanities, which receives support from the Mass Cultural Council. 

 

 

About the Author

Michelle Duster is an author, speaker, professor, public historian, and champion of racial and gender equity. She has written, edited, or contributed to sixteen books.  Her most recent, released January 26, 2021, is IDA B THE QUEEN:  THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE AND LEGACY OF IDA B WE.LLS (Atria/One Signal Publishers)

She also co-wrote the popular children’s history book, Tate and His Historic Dream; co-edited Impact: Personal Portraits of Activism; Shifts: An Anthology of Women’s Growth Through Change; Michelle Obama’s Impact on African American Women and Girls; and edited two books that include the writings of her great-grandmother, Ida B. Wells. She has written articles forTIME, Essence, HuffPost, Teen Vogue, Refinery29, The Hill, Daily Beast, and The North Star.  She has appeared on television programs on MSNBC, CNN, WTTW, CBS & CW as well as numerous radio shows. Her advocacy has led to street names, monuments, historical markers, and other public history projects that highlight women and African Americans, including Wells.

Her many awards include the 2019 Multi-Generational Activist Award from the Illinois Human Rights Commission and the 2019 Martin Luther King Jr. Social Justice Award from Dartmouth College.  

She is a native Chicagoan who earned her B.A. in Psychology from Dartmouth College, and M.A. in Media Studies from The New School in New York City. She also completed MFA coursework in film and video production at Columbia College Chicago,  As a creative outlet, Michelle makes beaded jewelry. 

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Suffragists Support #StopAsianHate

March 2021

Dear Suffrage100MA Community,

Suffrage100MA stands with the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Community and grieves for the eight victims recently murdered in Georgia, six of whom were women of Asian descent.  Carry the victims in your hearts, light candles for them, learn about their lives:  Daoyou Feng, Hyun Jung Grant, Suncha Kim, Paul Andre Michels, Soon Chung Park, Ziaojie Tan, Delaina Yaun and Young Ae Yue.

The words of this song from the 1949 musical “South Pacific” are more applicable than ever:

You’ve got to be taught
To hate and fear,
You’ve got to be taught
From year to year,
It’s got to be drummed
In your dear little ear
You’ve got to be carefully taught.

“You’ve Got To Be Carefully Taught” was a highly controversial song, but thankfully, ultimately included in the show. The song was written to address racism against Asians and all people.  The character Lt. Cable, a Caucasian man who has fallen in love with an Asian woman, is distressed by the prejudice against interracial couples and racism in general, sang the song after saying the words “…racism is not born in you! It happens after you’re born…”

James Taylor recorded the song in Nov. 2020.

We must work to end the racism that is “…drummed in your dear little ear…”

In 2020, hate crimes against Asian Americans are up almost 150 percent.  Discrimination against the Asian community has existed in this country since Asians arrived in the late 19th century.  Asians faced discrimination against dignity and equality, and were denied citizenship and the right to vote until the middle of the 20thcentury. After the 19th Amendment was adopted extending the vote to women, discriminatory laws prevented Asian Americans, Native Americans and African Americans from voting for decades and today the crisis for voter accessibility is growing.

According to the Brennan Center for Justice, “In a backlash to historic voter turnout in the 2020 general election, and grounded in a rash of baseless and racist allegations of voter fraud and election irregularities, legislators have introduced well over four times the number of bills to restrict voting access as compared to roughly this time last year. Thirty-three states have introduced, prefiled, or carried over 165 restrictive bills this year (as compared to 35 such bills in fifteen states on February 3, 2020).”

Suffrage100MA is committed to increasing accessibility to the ballot and inspiring voters to exercise their right to vote by sharing the history of those who fought bravely, sometimes losing their lives, for decades and across centuries, to secure the vote.  Let us each recognize the power and importance of voting to express one’s voice

On behalf of the Suffrage100MA Board of Directors –
With deep appreciation to all of you for being on this journey with us,

Fredie Kay
Founder & President, Suffrage100MA