For freedom's sake : the life of Fannie Lou Hamer / Chana Kai Lee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lee, Chana Kai, 1962-

Series:

Women in American history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hamer, Fannie Lou.

Civil rights workers--United States--Biography.

Civil rights workers.

African Americans--Civil rights.

History.

African American women civil rights workers.

United States.

Mississippi.

African American women civil rights workers--Mississippi--Biography.

Civil rights workers--Mississippi--Biography.

Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century.

Civil rights movements.

Civil rights movements--Mississippi--History--20th century.

African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.

African Americans.

African Americans--Civil rights--Mississippi--History--20th century.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xvi, 255 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2000.

Summary:

The powerful story of Fannie Lou Hamer, who grew up among "the poorest of the poor" in rural Mississippi and became a national figure in the civil rights movement in the 1960s.

Contents:

Delta daughter

Black woman leader

Winona

Local need and electoral politics

The national stage

Returning home

The Mississippi Freedom Labor Union

Poverty politics and the Freedom Farm

Last days.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-244) and index.

Local Notes:

Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon Hackney.

Storage copy signed by Sheldon Hackney in front.

Storage copy has extensive MS. notes by Sheldon Hackney at end.

ISBN:

0252069366

9780252069369

OCLC:

45892991