You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition.Something went wrong. Fannie Lou Townsend Hamer has always been a heroine of ours; What extraordinary lives some seemingly ordinary people lead!

Even with all the civil rights movies still no mention of her. Provides a history that helps us to understand the choices made by so many black men and women of Hamer's generation, who somehow found the courage to join a movement in which they risked everything." An unlettered Mississippi cotton-picker, Fannie Lou Hamer (1918-1977) led the black Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party at the 1964 Democratic Convention and was, to many in … I love reading about the civil rights era and I cant believe I have never read anything about her until now. She did so much for the movement and as I write this I just can't believe there is not a movie or documentary about her life.What extraordinary lives some seemingly ordinary people lead! —Marian Wright Edelman "This book is the essence of raw courage.

―Rep. However her accomplishments were just as heroic.Reading this book brought the sobering realization that my life growing up was one of relative affluence and privilege while others during that same time in Mississippi and elsewhere were struggling and giving their lives for the right to vote and put food on their tables.

—Rep. Once you read about this amazing, inspiring woman, shame on you if you ever skip voting on election day. See all formats and editions Hide other formats and editions. I recommend this book to anyone who is even a little bit interested in the history of the civil rights movement. Fannie Lou Hamer was an amazing woman.



0452270529 Fannie Lou Hamer was an amazing woman and Kay Mills did an excellent job of telling her story. —New York Times Book Review "One is forced to pause and consider that this black daughter of the Old South might have been braver than King and Malcolm." This Little Light of Mine: The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer: Amazon.it: Mills, Kay, Edelman, Marian Wright: Libri in altre lingue

This Little Light of Mine: The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer

This intense woman, a Mississippi Delta sharecropper, embodies what it means to be a patriot and an American.



She becomes a national figure who overcomes her deprived upbringing and an inspiration to civil rights activists around the world.
She did so much for the movement and as I write this I just can't believe there is not a movie or documentary about her 3.5 stars. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations Even with all the civil rights movies still no mention of her.
Had she lived past the age of 59 she would have done so much more. I recommend this book to anyone who is even a little bit interested in the history of the civil rights movement. "But I'm gonna stay in Mississippi, and if they shoot me down, I'll be buried here.

She did so much for the movement and as I write this I just can't believe there is not a movie or documentary about her life.

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