Voice of freedom : Fannie Lou Hamer, spirit of the civil rights movement
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Voice of freedom : Fannie Lou Hamer, spirit of the civil rights movement
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Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Ekua Holmes.
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Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2015.
Physical Description:
34 pages : color illustrations ; 27 x 29 cm
ISBN:
9780763665319
Abstract:
"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.
Reading Level:
Ages 10-14.
Middle School
820 L Lexile
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Contents:
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 -- The price of freedom -- SNCC ("Snick") -- The beating -- Injustice -- Running -- Freedom summer -- 1964 Democratic National Convention, Atlantic City, New Jersey -- Africa -- Washington -- Black power -- America's problem -- No rest.