For Freedom's Sake

The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer

Author: Chana Kai Lee
ISBN: 9780252069369

A biography of Fannie Lou Hamer, one of the most important civil rights activists of the 20th century. It documents Hamer's lifelong crusade to empower the poor through collective action and the personal costs of her struggle to win a political voice and economic self-sufficiency for blacks in the segregated South.

Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publish Date: 2000

Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Cultural Heritage, Biography & Autobiography / Political, Biography & Autobiography / Women

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Biography/Autobiography)