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Author:

Lee, Chana Kai, 1962-

Title:

For freedom's sake : the life of Fannie Lou Hamer / Chana Kai Lee.

Publisher:

University of Illinois Press,

Copyright Date:

c1999

Description:

xvi, 255 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Hamer, Fannie Lou.
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--20th century.--History--20th century.
African Americans--History--Mississippi--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-244) and index.

Contents:

Delta daughter -- Black woman leader -- Winona -- Local need and electoral politics -- The national stage -- Returning home -- The Mississippi freedom labor union -- Poverty, politics, and the freedom farm -- Last days.

Series:

Women in American history

ISBN:

9780252069369 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
0252069366 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
9780252021510 (acid-free paper)
0252021517 (acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)39936275

LCCN:

98058017

Locations:

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

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)