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Chana Kai Lee’s biography chronicles Fannie Lou Hamer’s enduring commitment to collective action and civil rights. It traces Hamer’s rise to national prominence as an African‑American activist and her personal sacrifices while striving for political representation and economic justice for the impoverished in the segregated South. The book illuminates how racism, sexism, violence, and economic injustice intersected to shape the civil‑rights movement and the roles of women and the poor within it.
First publish date: 1999
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Political Biography
Authors: Chana Kai Lee
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