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Author:

Bracey, Earnest N.

Title:

Fannie Lou Hamer : the life of a civil rights icon / Earnest N. Bracey.

Publisher:

McFarland & Co.,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

x, 199 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.

Subject:

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--History--History--20th century.
African Americans--History--Mississippi--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN:

078646030X (softcover : alk. paper)
9780786460304 (softcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)617425076

LCCN:

2011001465

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)