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Informationen zum Autor Earnest N. Bracey is a retired Army lieutenant colonel and is a professor of political science and African American history at the College of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas. Klappentext This book explores the life of one of Mississippi's greatest 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. She is particularly remembered for her speech before the Credentials Committee, seeking to end all-white representation of her home state. Hamer fought her entire life to expand freedom and basic rights to African Americans in the United States. Zusammenfassung 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. She is particularly remembered for her speech before the Credentials Committee! seeking to end all-white representation of her home state. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface Introduction 1. Birth, Cotton and Childhood 2. The Slavery of Sharecropping 3. Cry the Beloved Parents 4. Death of Her Parents 5. Marriage, Eugenics and Adoption 6. Apartheid in Mississippi 7. The SNCC Comes to Mississippi 8. A New Political Activist 9. Voting Rights and Freedom Summer 10. Enfranchisement and Training 11. The Arrest and Beating of Fannie Lou Hamer 12. The Rescue and Aftermath 13. The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party 14. Preparing for the 1964 National Democratic Convention 15. The Great Orator 16. Continuation of a Political Struggle 17. Racism, the White Citizens' Council, and the FBI 18. The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission and a Trip to Africa 19. Speaking Out Loud and the 1968 Democratic Convention 20. The End of Activism 21. Creation of a Freedom Farm 22. The Death of Fannie Lou Hamer Conclusions Epilogue Chapter Notes Bibliography Index ...
