02082cam a2200385 i 4500 789879702 TxAuBib 20230502120000.0 150710s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2015028051 9780763665319 lib. bdg. 0763665312 lib. bdg. TxAuBib rda Weatherford, Carole Boston, author. Voice of freedom,. Fannie Lou Hamer : [Book] : spirit of the civil rights movement / Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Ekua Holmes. Fannie Lou Hamer. First edition. Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2015. 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 x 29 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. Presents a collage-illustrated treasury of poems and spirituals inspired by the life and work of civil rights advocate Fannie Lou Hamer. Despite fierce prejudice and abuse, Fannie Lou Hamer was a champion of civil rights from the 1950s until her death in 1977. Integral to the Freedom Summer of 1964, Ms. Hamer gave a speech at the Democratic National Convention that, despite President Johnsons interference, aired on national TV news and spurred the nation to support the Freedom Democrats. 20230502. Hamer, Fannie Lou Juvenile literature. African Americans Biography Juvenile literature. African Americans Civil rights History 20th century Juvenile literature. African American women civil rights workers Biography Juvenile literature. Civil rights workers United States Biography Juvenile literature Juvenile poetry. Civil rights movements United States History 20th century Juvenile literature. Children's poetry, American. History. Holmes, Ekua,.