Michelle Duster Explained

Michelle Duster is an American author and public historian. She is known for her work to preserve the legacy of her great-grandmother, Ida B. Wells.

Early life and education

Michelle Duster was born in Chicago to Maxine Duster and Donald L. Duster. Her father worked for Comed,[1] and her mother was an English teacher and civic leader.[2] She is the paternal great-granddaughter of Ida B. Wells. Growing up in Chicago's South Side, Duster began writing from an early age. While in high school, she entered essay contests and was a writer for the school newspaper.[3] In 1985, she obtained her B.A. in Psychology from Dartmouth College.[4] She went on to obtain an M.A. in Media Studies from The New School.[5]

Career

Duster has worked to preserve Ida B. Wells' legacy both through written publications and public history projects.[6] [7] [8] She has written one children's book, Ida B. Wells, Voice of Truth: Educator, Feminist, and Anti-lynching Civil Rights Leader[9] and one young adult biography, Ida B. The Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy Of Ida B. Wells,[10] [11] about her great-grandmother. She has also edited two anthologies of Wells' writing.

She received the Multi-Generational Activist Award from the Illinois Human Rights Commission in 2019, and the 2019 Martin Luther King Jr. Social Justice Award from her alma mater, Dartmouth College.[12]

Selected bibliography

Children's literature

Anthologies edited

Notes and References

  1. Web site: O'Donnell . Maureen . 11 April 2013 . Comed exec, grandson of Ida B. Wells . 2023-06-01 . PressReader.
  2. Web site: O'Donnell . Maureen . 2022-11-04 . Maxine Duster, Chicago educator, civic leader, dead at 83 . 2023-06-01 . Chicago Sun-Times . en.
  3. Web site: APW . 2021-06-09 . Michelle Duster: A Descendant Goes To Work And Reclaims History Through Her Writing . 2023-10-04 . Arkansas Press Women . en-US.
  4. Web site: Chicago Finally Has a Street Named After a Black Woman. For Michelle Duster '85, It's Personal. Dartmouth Alumni . 2023-06-01 . alumni.dartmouth.edu . en.
  5. Web site: September 4, 2018 . Columbia College Chicago Faculty Member Has Newly Released Book About Michelle Obama . 2023-06-01 . www.colum.edu . en-US.
  6. News: 1 February 2022 . Race in America: History Matters with Michelle Duster . The Washington Post . 1 June 2023.
  7. Web site: Comment . Betsy Bird Leave a . 2022-02-01 . Voices of Truth: Interviews with Michelle Duster and Laura Freeman About Their New Ida B. Wells Bio . 2023-10-04 . A Fuse #8 Production . en-US.
  8. Web site: admin . 2021-03-16 . Wright College Tutor Michelle Duster Pens Acclaimed Book, Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells . 2023-10-04 . CCC . en-US.
  9. Web site: Ida B. Wells, Voice of Truth . 2023-06-01 . Jane Addams Peace Association . 13 January 2023 . en-US.
  10. Web site: Biography of Ida B. Wells. 'Ida B. the Queen' coming out in February . 2023-06-01 . USA Today . en-US.
  11. Web site: Chapter 16 . Kashif Andrew . Graham . 2021-02-03 . Michelle Duster Delivers an Intimate Biography of Ida B. Wells . 2023-06-01 . Nashville Scene . en.
  12. Web site: Author and Historian Michelle Duster to Give MLK Lecture on Feb. 16 . 2023-10-04 . Elmhurst University . en.
  13. Web site: Ida B. Wells, Voice of Truth by Michelle Duster . June 1, 2023 . Macmillan Publishers.
  14. Book: Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells by Michelle Duster . June 1, 2023 . Simon & Schuster. 26 January 2021 . 978-1-9821-2981-1 . Duster . Michelle . Simon and Schuster .
  15. Web site: Michelle Duster . 2023-06-01 . Michelle Duster . en-US.

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