Shirley J. Juvenile Biography Biography of Civil Rights Champion, Fannie Lou Hamer
The Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by Carole Boston Weatherford 56 pages
With hope, determination and strength, Fannie Lou Hamer championed Civil Rights from the 1950s up to her death in 1977. She endured a beating so severe she came within an inch of dying for the Civil Rights movement she fought so valiantly to bring to be. The book goes into the many times she stood up to all who would come against her. She was a force during the Freedom Summer of 1964 and she gave a speech at the Democratic National Convention that aired on national tv news spurring the nation to support the Freedom Democrats. So full of detail on her many accomplishments for the cause of equality. An excellent book that should be part of every school curriculum in the U. S.
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