01940cam a2200385 i 4500 296008580 TxAuBib 20110406120000.0 110120s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2011001465 9780786460304 pbk. 078646030X pbk. (OCoLC)617425076 eng rda TxAuBib rda Bracey, Earnest N. Fannie Lou Hamer [BOOK] : the life of a civil rights icon / Earnest N. Bracey. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., 2011. x, 199 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. "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"--Provided by publisher. 20110406. Hamer, Fannie Lou. Civil rights movements United States History 20th century. Civil rights movements Mississippi History 20th century. African Americans Civil rights History 20th century. African Americans Civil rights Mississippi History 20th century. African American women civil rights workers Biography. African American women civil rights workers Mississippi Biography. Civil rights workers United States Biography. Civil rights workers Mississippi Biography. Biographies.