Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement

By Carole Boston Weatherford, Ekua Holmes (Illustrator)

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The inspirational singer and Civil Rights activist comes to life in 22 brief, first person, free verse poems that seamlessly incorporate Hamer's own words. The biography takes her from a sharecropping child to a community leader.

Nonfiction, History, US History, Poetry, Biography
Notable Children's Books 2016, Randolph Caldecott Medal 2016 (Honor Title), Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal 2016 (Honor Title)
Age: All Ages
Format: Book
ISBN: 9780763665319

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