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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Bracey, Earnest N.     Subjects     Hamer, Fannie Lou.     African American women civil rights workers -- Biography.     Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography.     African American women civil rights workers -- Mississippi -- Biography.     Civil rights workers -- Mississippi -- Biography.     Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.     African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.     African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Bracey, Earnest N.       by title:      Fannie Lou Hamer : t...         MARC Display

Fannie Lou Hamer : the life of a civil rights icon / Earnest N. Bracey. by Bracey, Earnest N. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2011. Subjects Hamer, Fannie Lou.   African American women civil rights workers -- Biography.   Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography.   African American women civil rights workers -- Mississippi -- Biography.   Civil rights workers -- Mississippi -- Biography.   Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.   African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.   African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century. ISBN:  9780786460304 (softcover : alk. paper) : 078646030X (softcover : alk. paper) Description:  x, 199 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm. Contents:  Birth, cotton and childhood -- The slavery of sharecropping -- Cry the beloved parents -- Death of her parents -- Marriage, eugenics and adoption -- Apartheid in Mississippi -- The SNCC comes to Mississippi -- A new political activist -- Voting rights and freedom summer -- Enfranchisement and training -- The arrest and beating of Fannie Lou Hamer -- The rescue and aftermath -- The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party -- Preparing for the 1964 National Democratic Convention -- The great orator -- Continuation of a political struggle -- The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission and a trip to Africa -- Speaking out loud at the 1968 Democratic Convention -- The end of activism -- Creation of a freedom farm -- The death of Fannie Lou Hamer. Requests:  0 Summary:  "This book commemorates and explores the life of one of Mississippi's great civil rights activists, Fannie Lou Hamer. Known for her daring, her brinkmanship and her impassioned speech-making, Hamer rose to prominence in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, an intrepid group which tried to unseat the predominantly white Democrats of Mississippi during the 1964 Democratic National Convention"--Provided by publisher.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 323.092 Hamer Br Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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