Fannie Lou Hamer
Subtitle: the life of a civil rights icon
By: Earnest N. Bracey
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
ISBN-13: 9780786460304
Subjects: African American women civil rights workers; Civil rights movements; Civil rights; History; African Americans; Biography; Civil rights workers
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Birth, cotton and childhood; title: The slavery of sharecropping; title: Cry the beloved parents; title: Death of her parents; title: Marriage, eugenics and adoption; title: Apartheid in Mississippi; title: The SNCC comes to Mississippi; title: A new political activist; title: Voting rights and freedom summer; title: Enfranchisement and training; title: The arrest and beating of Fannie Lou Hamer; title: The rescue and aftermath; title: The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; title: Preparing for the 1964 National Democratic Convention; title: The great orator; title: Continuation of a political struggle; title: The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission and a trip to Africa; title: Speaking out loud at the 1968 Democratic Convention; title: The end of activism; title: Creation of a freedom farm; title: The death of Fannie Lou Hamer.