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. She is particularly remembered for her speech before the Credentials Committee, seeking to end all-white representation of her home state. Like many before her, this figure sought to expand freedom and basic rights to African Americans in the United States.
- ISBN10 1283077906
- ISBN13 9781283077903
- Publish Date 9 May 2011 (first published 23 February 2011)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 11 February 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint McFarland & Company
- Format eBook
- Language English