Maegan Parker Brooks

Fannie Lou Hamer

America's Freedom Fighting Woman

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"[T]his is a testimonial to a courageous woman and her deep commitment to human rights." Booklist, Starred Review ¿ This accessible biography of Fannie Lou Hamer reveals pivotal moments within a remarkable life that spanned 59 tumultuous years in the history of American race relations.

---

Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 368g
• ISBN-13: 9798881803902
• Artikelnr.: 71699048

Autorenporträt

Maegan Parker Brooks teaches in the Civic Communication and Media Department and the American Ethnic Studies Program at Willamette University in Salem, OR. Brooks also directs Find Your Voice: The Online Resource for Fannie Lou Hamer Studies, a website developed in partnership with civil rights scholars and public school teachers in the Mississippi Delta. Brooks' previous books about Fannie Lou Hamer are The Speeches of Fannie Lou Hamer: To Tell It Like It Is, co-edited with Davis W. Houck, and A Voice that Could Stir an Army: Fannie Lou Hamer and the Rhetoric of the Black Freedom Movement, a Choice Outstanding Academic Title of 2015.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Dedication
Introduction: "To Tell It Like It Is"
Chapter One: Visions that Transform
Chapter Two: Putting Up a Life
Chapter Three: "Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired"
Chapter Four: Revelations
Chapter Five: "Nobody's Free Until Everybody's Free"
Chapter Six: The Fight for Human Rights
Chapter Seven: "The Last Mile of the Way"
Afterword: "It's in Your Hands"
Acknowledgments
A Note on Sources
About the Author