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The Resource Voice of freedom : Fannie Lou Hamer, spirit of the civil rights movement, Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Ekua Holmes

Voice of freedom : Fannie Lou Hamer, spirit of the civil rights movement, Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Ekua Holmes

Creator
Author
Illustrator
Contributor
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
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
34 pages
Contents
  • 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
  • Sunflower County, Mississippi
  • Washington
  • Black power
  • America's problem
  • No rest
  • Delta Blues
  • Spoiled
  • My mother taught me
  • Fair
  • Not everyone could move up north
  • Worse off than dogs
  • Motherhood
Isbn
9781725419995
Instance
Label
Voice of freedom : Fannie Lou Hamer, spirit of the civil rights movement
Title
Voice of freedom
Title remainder
Fannie Lou Hamer, spirit of the civil rights movement
Statement of responsibility
Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Ekua Holmes
Creator
Contributor
Author
Illustrator
Publisher
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
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
Awards note
  • 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
Biography type
individual biography
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1956-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Weatherford, Carole Boston
Dewey number
  • 973.04960730092
  • B
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Intended audience
Ages 10-14
Interest level
  • MG
  • 6-8
  • MG
LC call number
E185.97.H35
LC item number
W43 2015
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
Reading level
  • 5.8
  • 5.4
  • 5.8
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Holmes, Ekua
  • Candlewick Press
Study program name
  • Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning
  • Reading Counts
  • Accelerated Reader AR
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Hamer, Fannie Lou
  • Mississippi Freedom Project
  • African American women civil rights workers
  • African Americans
  • Civil rights workers
  • Civil rights movements
  • Mississippi
  • Civil rights workers
  • African Americans
  • Women
Target audience
pre adolescent
Label
Voice of freedom : Fannie Lou Hamer, spirit of the civil rights movement, Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Ekua Holmes
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • 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
  • Sunflower County, Mississippi
  • Washington
  • Black power
  • America's problem
  • No rest
  • Delta Blues
  • Spoiled
  • My mother taught me
  • Fair
  • Not everyone could move up north
  • Worse off than dogs
  • Motherhood
Control code
ocn917337564
Dimensions
27 x 29 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
34 pages
Isbn
9781725419995
Lccn
2013957319
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
color illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)917337564
Label
Voice of freedom : Fannie Lou Hamer, spirit of the civil rights movement, Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Ekua Holmes
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • 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
  • Sunflower County, Mississippi
  • Washington
  • Black power
  • America's problem
  • No rest
  • Delta Blues
  • Spoiled
  • My mother taught me
  • Fair
  • Not everyone could move up north
  • Worse off than dogs
  • Motherhood
Control code
ocn917337564
Dimensions
27 x 29 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
34 pages
Isbn
9781725419995
Lccn
2013957319
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
color illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)917337564

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