Cover Reveal: Ida B. The Queen, Michelle Duster

Happy birthday to Ida B. Wells! In celebration of her 157th birthday, I’m excited to participate in the cover reveal for the upcoming biography, IDA B. THE QUEEN: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells by Michelle Duster (her great-granddaughter)! #IdaBtheQueen Check out the synopsis below:

Called “a dangerous negro agitator” by the FBI, and a “brave woman” by Frederick Douglass, an inspiring biography of the American pioneer by Ida B. Wells’s great-granddaughter.

Winner of a 2020 Pulitzer Prize Special Citation, Ida B. Wells was born enslaved in Holly Springs, Mississippi, in 1862. In this inspiring and accessible biography, Wells’s great-granddaughter Michelle Duster tells the incredible story of Wells’s life, including stories from her childhood in Mississippi, her famous refusal to give up her seat on a ladies’ train car in Memphis, and her later work as a pioneering journalist and anti-lynching crusader.

Overlooked and underestimated, Wells would single-handedly change the course of American history and come to inspire millions. Ida B. the Queen shines a bright light on one of the most extraordinary women in history.

Such a beautiful cover; I’m so looking forward to reading this one and learning more about her life! IDA B. THE QUEEN is set to release on January 26th, 2021.

Thank you to @atriabooks and @simonschuster for including me in this reveal!