Walk with me : a biography of Fannie Lou Hamer /
Kate Clifford Larson.
- viii, 322 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-296) and index.
Introduction -- Another kind of slavery -- Delta blues -- Mississippi appendectomy -- Crossroads -- The new kingdom -- Winona -- Reborn -- One man, one vote -- "Mississippi goddam" -- Atlantic City -- Keep your eyes on the prize -- "This little light of mine" -- Epilogue.
"Kate Clifford Larson's biography of Fannie Lou Hamer is the most complete ever written, drawing on recently declassified sources on both Hamer and the civil rights movement, including unredacted FBI and Department of Justice files. It also makes full use of interviews with Civil Rights activists conducted by the Smithsonian and the Library of Congress, and Democratic National Committee archives, in addition to extensive conversations with Hamer's family and with those with whom she worked most closely. Stirring, immersive, and authoritative, Walk with Me does justice to Fannie Lou Hamer's life, capturing in full the spirit, and the voice, that led the fight for freedom and equality in America at its critical moment." --
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Hamer, Fannie Lou.
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