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For freedom's sake : the life of Fannie Lou Hamer
Title:
For freedom's sake : the life of Fannie Lou Hamer
Author:
Lee, Chana Kai, 1962-
Personal Author:
Lee, Chana Kai, 1962-
Publication Information:
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [1999]

©1999
Physical Description:
xvi, 255 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series:
Women in American history

Women in American history.
Language:
English
Contents:
Delta daughter -- Black woman leader -- Winona -- Local need and electoral politics -- The national stage -- Returning home -- The Mississippi freedom labor union -- Poverty, politics, and the freedom farm -- Last days.
Personal Subject:
Hamer, Fannie Lou.
Subject Term:
African American women civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography.

Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography.

African American women civil rights workers -- Mississippi -- Biography.

Civil rights workers -- Mississippi -- Biography.

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.
ISBN:
9780252021510
Format :
Book

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