| Contents |
Birth, cotton and childhood -- The slavery of sharecropping -- Cry the beloved parents -- Death of her parents -- Marriage, eugenics and adoption -- Apartheid in Mississippi -- The SNCC comes to Mississippi -- A new political activist -- Voting rights and freedom summer -- Enfranchisement and training -- The arrest and beating of Fannie Lou Hamer -- The rescue and aftermath -- The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party -- Preparing for the 1964 National Democratic Convention -- The great orator -- Continuation of a political struggle -- The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission and a trip to Africa -- Speaking out loud at the 1968 Democratic Convention -- The end of activism -- Creation of a freedom farm -- The death of Fannie Lou Hamer. |
| Abstract |
"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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2011001465 |
| ISBN | 9780786460304 (softcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 078646030X (softcover : alk. paper) |
