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Voice of freedom Fannie Lou Hamer, spirit of the civil rights movement /

"I am sick and tired of being sick and tired." Despite fierce prejudice and abuse, even being beaten to within an inch of her life, Fannie Lou Hamer was a champion of civil rights from the 1950s until her death in 1977. Integral to the Freedom Summer of 1964, Ms. Hamer gave a speech at the...

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Main Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-
Other Authors: Holmes, Ekua,, Candlewick Press,
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2015.
Physical Description: 34 pages : color illustrations ; 27 x 29 cm.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Hamer, Fannie Lou -- Juvenile literature.
Mississippi Freedom Project -- Juvenile literature.
African American women civil rights workers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- Biography -- Poetry.
Women.
African American women -- Biography -- Poetry.
Civil rights workers -- Biography -- Poetry.
Civil rights movements -- History -- Poetry.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- Poetry.
Mississippi -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature.
Children's poetry.
Summary: "I am sick and tired of being sick and tired." Despite fierce prejudice and abuse, even being beaten to within an inch of her life, Fannie Lou Hamer was a champion of civil rights from the 1950s until her death in 1977. Integral to the Freedom Summer of 1964, Ms. Hamer gave a speech at the Democratic National Convention that, despite President Johnson's interference, aired on national TV news and spurred the nation to support the Freedom Democrats.
Item Description: Includes bibliographical references.
Sunflower County, Mississippi -- Delta Blues -- Spoiled -- My mother taught me -- Fair -- Not everyone could move up north -- Worse off than dogs -- Motherhood -- Literacy test -- On the move -- The price of freedom -- SNCC ("Snick") -- The beating -- Injustice -- Running -- Freedom summer -- 1964 Democratic National Convention, Atlantic City, New Jersey -- Africa -- Washington -- Black power -- America's problem -- No rest.
"I am sick and tired of being sick and tired." Despite fierce prejudice and abuse, even being beaten to within an inch of her life, Fannie Lou Hamer was a champion of civil rights from the 1950s until her death in 1977. Integral to the Freedom Summer of 1964, Ms. Hamer gave a speech at the Democratic National Convention that, despite President Johnson's interference, aired on national TV news and spurred the nation to support the Freedom Democrats.
Ages 10-14.
Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 5.8 1.0 175361.
Reading Counts 6-8 5.4 3.
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.8 1.0 175361.
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor, 2016.
Caldecott Honor Book, 2016.
John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award, 2016.
Boston Globe/Horn Book Nonfiction Honor, 2016.
Physical Description: 34 pages : color illustrations ; 27 x 29 cm.
Audience: Ages 10-14.
Awards: Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor, 2016.
Caldecott Honor Book, 2016.
John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award, 2016.
Boston Globe/Horn Book Nonfiction Honor, 2016.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9780763665319
0763665312
9781725419995
1725419998

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