Screen LibraryVoice of freedom : Fannie Lou Hamer, spirit of the civil rights movement /
"I am sick and tired of being sick and tired." Despite fierce prejudice and abuse, even being beaten to within an inch of her life, 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...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | |
|---|---|
| Corporate Authors: | |
| Group Author: | |
| Published: |
Candlewick Press,
|
| Publisher Address: | Somerville, Massachusetts : |
| Publication Dates: |
2015. ©2015 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Subjects: | |
| Summary: |
"I am sick and tired of being sick and tired." Despite fierce prejudice and abuse, even being beaten to within an inch of her life, 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 Johnson's interference, aired on national TV news and spurred the nation to support the Freedom Democrats. |
| Carrier Form: | 34 pages : color illustrations ; 27 x 29 cm |
| Audience: | Ages 10-14. |
| Awards: |
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor, 2016 Caldecott Honor Book, 2016 John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award, 2016 Boston Globe/Horn Book Nonfiction Honor, 2016 |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9780763665319 0763665312 |
| Index Number: | E185 |
| CLC: | D771.262-49 |
| Call Number: | D771.262-49/W362 |
| Contents: |
Sunflower County, Mississippi -- Delta Blues -- Spoiled -- My mother taught me -- Fair -- Not everyone could move up north -- Worse off than dogs -- Motherhood -- Literacy test -- On the move -- The price of freedom -- SNCC ("Snick") -- The beating -- Injustice -- Running -- Freedom summer -- 1964 Democratic National Convention, Atlantic City, New Jersey -- Africa -- Washington -- Black power -- America's problem -- No rest. |