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Voice of freedom : Fannie Lou Hamer, spirit of the civil rights movement Cover Image Book

Voice of freedom : Fannie Lou Hamer, spirit of the civil rights movement / Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Ekua Holmes.

Fannie Lou Hamer, spirit of the civil rights movement (other title)
Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956- (author.). Holmes, Ekua, (illustrator.). Candlewick Press, (publisher.).

Summary:

"I am sick and tired of being sick and tired." Despite fierce prejudice and abuse, even being beaten to within an inch of her life, Fannie Lou Hamer was a champion of civil rights from the 1950s until her death in 1977. Integral to the Freedom Summer of 1964, Ms. Hamer gave a speech at the Democratic National Convention that, despite President Johnson's interference, aired on national TV news and spurred the nation to support the Freedom Democrats.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780763665319
  • ISBN: 0763665312
  • ISBN: 9781536203257
  • Physical Description: 34 pages : color illustrations ; 27 x 29 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, [2015].

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
Sunflower County, Mississippi -- Delta Blues -- Spoiled -- My mother taught me -- Fair -- Not everyone could move up north -- Worse off than dogs -- Motherhood -- Literacy test -- On the move -- Price of freedom -- SNCC ("Snick") -- Beating -- Injustice -- Running -- Freedom summer -- 1964 Democratic National Convention, Atlantic City, New Jersey -- Africa -- Washington -- Black power -- America's problem -- No rest.
Target Audience Note:
Ages 10-14.
820L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.8 1 175361.
Awards Note:
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor, 2016
Caldecott Honor Book, 2016
John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award, 2016
Boston Globe/Horn Book Nonfiction Honor, 2016

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Civil rights movements > Mississippi > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
Mississippi > Race relations > Juvenile literature.
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