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Alfreda M. Duster (née Barnett; September 3, 1904 – April 2, 1983) was an American social worker and civic leader in Chicago. [2] [3] She is best known as the youngest daughter of civil rights activist Ida B. Wells and as the editor of her mother's posthumously published autobiography, Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells (1970).
Alfredia Duster. *Alfreda Duster was born on this date in 1904. She was a Black social worker, editor, and civic leader. Alfreda Barnett was born in Chicago, the youngest daughter of civil rights activists Ida B. Wells and Ferdinand L. Barnett . She graduated from the University of Chicago in 1924 with a Bachelor of Philosophy degree.
Alfreda Duster. As social worker, mother, and civic leader, Alfreda Barnett Duster worked tirelessly to improve conditions in her neighborhood and community and to provide an environment capable of enriching and nourishing the lives of all people, especially the young.
Duster edited and published Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells (University of Chicago Press, 1970), the autobiography of her mother. In the selected portion of Alfreda Duster’s interview, she tells of her life growing up in Chicago as the daughter of two prominent civil rights leaders and the influence this had on her own life’s work.
Alfreda M. Duster briefly discusses her mother’s legacy of social and political heroism in the introduction to Wells’ autobiography, which Duster edited from Wells' original manuscript for publication as Crusade for Justice in 1970.
Ferdinand Lee Barnett (February 18, 1852 – March 11, 1936) was an American journalist, lawyer, and civil rights activist in Chicago, beginning in the late Reconstruction era . Born in Nashville, Tennessee, during his childhood, his African-American family fled to Windsor, Ontario, Canada, just before the American Civil War.
2 de mar. de 2021 · Alfreda Barnett Duster Oral History Interview. Harvard Radcliffe Institute. Alfreda Barnett Duster (1904–1983) was a social worker and community activist in Chicago.
