| Portion of title |
Fannie Lou Hamer's enduring message to America |
| Contents |
A long fight ahead -- Let your light shine -- Tell it like it is -- We want leaders -- The special plight of black women -- An expansive vision of freedom -- Try to do something -- Until all of us are free. |
| Abstract |
Despite her limited material resources and the myriad challenges endured as a Black woman living in poverty in Mississippi, Fannie Lou Hamer committed herself to making a difference in the lives of others. She refused to be sidelined in the movement and refused to be intimidated by those of higher social status and with better jobs and education. More than 40 years since Hamer's death in 1977, her words still speak truth to power, laying bare the faults in American society and offering valuable insights on how we might yet continue the fight to help the nation live up to its core ideals of "equality and justice for all." |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Blain, Keisha N., 1985- Until I am free. Boston : Beacon Press, [2021] 0807061522 |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| LCCN | 2021019372 |
| ISBN | 9780807061503 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0807061506 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | (electronic book) |
| Standard identifier# |
40030815237 |
