Fannie Lou Hamer: The Life of a Civil Rights Icon

by Earnest Bracey

Book Overview

This book explores the life of one of Mississippi's greatest 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. She is particularly remembered for her speech before the Credentials...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 078646030X
• ISBN13: 9780786460304
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 209 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher