For Freedom's Sake The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer |
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| Author:
| Lee, Chana |
| Series title: | Women in American History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-252-06936-9 |
| Publication Date: | May 2000 |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $45.99 |
Book Description:
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The youngest of twenty children of sharecroppers in rural Mississippi, Fannie Lou Hamer witnessed throughout her childhood the white cruelty, political exclusion, and relentless economic exploitation that defined black existence in the Delta. In this intimate biography, Chana Kai Lee documents Hamer's lifelong crusade to empower the poor through ......
The youngest of twenty children of sharecroppers in rural Mississippi, Fannie Lou Hamer witnessed throughout her childhood the white cruelty, political exclusion, and relentless economic exploitation that defined black existence in the Delta. In this intimate biography, Chana Kai Lee documents Hamer's lifelong crusade to empower the poor through ......