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

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Bracey, Earnest N

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2011.Description: x, 199 p. : ill., map ; 23 cmISBN:

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

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DDC classification:

323.092 B 22

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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Adult Book	Phillipsburg Free Public Library	Adult Non-Fiction	Adult Non-Fiction	323.092 BRA	Available	pap.ed.		36748001982521

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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This book explores the life of one of Mississippi's greatest 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. She is particularly remembered for her speech before the Credentials Committee, seeking to end all-white representation of her home state. Hamer fought her entire life to expand freedom and basic rights to African Americans in the United States.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Acknowledgments (p. ix)
Preface (p. 1)
Introduction (p. 5)
1 Birth, Cotton and Childhood (p. 13)
2 The Slavery of Sharecropping (p. 19)
3 Cry the Beloved Parents (p. 24)
4 Death of Her Parents (p. 31)
5 Marriage, Eugenics and Adoption (p. 37)
6 Apartheid in Mississippi (p. 44)
7 The SNCC Comes to Mississippi (p. 53)
8 A New Political Activist (p. 61)
9 Voting Rights and Freedom Summer (p. 68)
10 Enfranchisement and Training (p. 76)
11 The Arrest and Beating of Fannie Lou Hamer (p. 82)
12 The Rescue and Aftermath (p. 89)
13 The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (p. 95)
14 Preparing for the 1964 National Democratic Convention (p. 101)
15 The Great Orator (p. 107)
16 Continuation of a Political Struggle (p. 114)
17 Racism, the White Citizens' Council, and the FBI (p. 121)
18 The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission and a Trip to Africa (p. 128)
19 Speaking Out Loud and the 1968 Democratic Convention (p. 134)
20 The End of Activism (p. 140)
21 Creation of a Freedom Farm (p. 147)
22 The Death of Fannie Lou Hamer (p. 153)
Conclusions (p. 159)
Epilogue (p. 167)
Chapter Notes (p. 173)
Bibliography (p. 189)
Index (p. 197)

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Library Journal Review

A new biography of the woman from rural Mississippi who, through the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, came to be a major activist for civil rights. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.