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Cover of Southern Horrors

Modern · Journalism / social criticism

Southern Horrors

by Ida B. Wells. A canonical or canon-adjacent work by Ida B. Wells examining lynching, race, justice; included to broaden the catalog’s historical, literary, or intellectual coverage.

Date
1892
Origin
United States
Era
Modern
Genre
Journalism / social criticism
Difficulty
Challenging
Length
Medium
Collection
The Western Canon

Subjects and themes

LynchingRaceJustice

Why it matters

A canonical or canon-adjacent work by Ida B. Wells examining lynching, race, justice; included to broaden the catalog’s historical, literary, or intellectual coverage.

This work is included in the collection on the basis of expanded synthesis: bloom / great books / modern library / revised canon. Its cataloged influence level is 4 out of 5.