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Fannie Lou Hamer : the life of a civil rights icon
- Title
- Fannie Lou Hamer : the life of a civil rights icon / Earnest N. Bracey.
- Author
- Bracey, Earnest N.
- Publication
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2011.
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Details
- Description
- x, 199 p. : ill., map; 23 cm
- 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.
- Subjects
- African American women civil rights workers > Biography
- Hamer, Fannie Lou
- African American women civil rights workers > Mississippi > Biography
- Civil rights movements > Mississippi > History > 20th century
- Civil rights workers > United States > Biography
- Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century
- Civil rights workers > Mississippi > Biography
- African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century
- African Americans > Civil rights > Mississippi > History > 20th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- Sc E 14-731
- ISBN
- 9780786460304 (softcover : alk. paper)
- 078646030X (softcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2011001465
- OCLC
- 617425076
- Author
- Bracey, Earnest N.
- Title
- Fannie Lou Hamer : the life of a civil rights icon / Earnest N. Bracey.
- Imprint
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2011.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 14-731