Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement

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Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
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written by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Ekua Holmes, and published by Candlewick Press
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This inspirational singer and Civil Rights activist comes to life in 22 brief, first person, free verse poems that seamlessly incorporate Hamer’s own words. This biography takes her from  a sharecropping child to a community leader, and is richly illustrated with multimedia collages that perfectly evoke the emotions of each poem.

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