Fannie Lou Hamer - America''s Freedom Fighting Woman

Fannie Lou Hamer leapt to America's attention in 1964 when she delivered a stinging indictment of the American promise to the Democratic National Convention. This accessible biography underscores that Hamer's testimony was but one moment within a remarkable life that spanned fifty-nine tumultuous years in the history of American race relations.

About the author

Meagan Parker Brooks is assistant professor of Civic Communication and Media at Willamette University. She is the author of A Voice that Could Stir an Army: Fannie Lou Hamer and the Rhetoric of the Black Freedom Movement (2014), a CHOICE Outstanding Title.

Summary

Fannie Lou Hamer leapt to America’s attention in 1964 when she delivered a stinging indictment of the American promise to the Democratic National Convention. This accessible biography underscores that Hamer’s testimony was but one moment within a remarkable life that spanned fifty-nine tumultuous years in the history of American race relations.

Product details

• Authors: Maegan Parker Brooks, Brooks Maegan Parker
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781538115947
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-1594-7
• No. of pages: 222
• Series: Library of African American Bi; Library of African American Biography
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Afrikanische Geschichte, Ethnic Studies, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Social Activists, Biography: historical, political & military, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / African American, History - U.S., HISTORY / Women, Political activism, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Biography: historical, political and military, Black & Asian Studies, HISTORY / African American & Black, Political activism / Political engagement, Relating to African American / Black American people