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Fannie Lou Hamer : the life of a civil rights icon
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"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...
"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.
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- Creator
- Earnest N. Bracey
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2011]
- ©2011
- Physical Details
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- x, 199 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780786460304, 078646030X
- OCLC
- ocn617425076
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-195) and index.
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.