num_pages: 288
description: The powerful story of Fannie Lou Hamer, who grew up among "the poorest of the poor" in rural Mississippi and became a national figure in the civil rights movement in the 1960s.
language: English
title: For Freedom's Sake: The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer
titlecomplete: For Freedom's Sake: The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer
genres: Feminism, Race, American History, Politics, Nonfiction, History, Social Justice, African American, Anti Racist, Biography
ratings_count: 232
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Letitia Woods Brown Book Prize
publisher: University of Illinois Press