During the summer of 1964, at the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Fannie Lou Hamer brought her voice of discontent about political injustice within the Democratic Party. She was asking for mandatory integrated state delegations, and spoke passionately and eloquently abou ...more
Serves as a great introduction to the life of Fannie Lou Hamer. She is one of the most fearless freedom fighters that ever struggled on behalf of her people. In many ways, the professional civil rights class let her down. She was non-compromising and took no tea for the fever.
Fannie Lou Hamer is one of my top 5 great American heroes. I’m also a big fan of Dr Blain, so I’ve been eagerly anticipating this book’s release. I was not disappointed!!
This was the perfect balance of biography with a sprinkling of social commentary. Even though I love reading history and nonfictio ...more
Fannie Lou Hamer was a remarkable woman. This book is not a true biography of her, it is a book inspired by her. While I wish that the author, Keisha Blain would have explored Hamer's life, the outline is here. She was born poor, the youngest of twenty children of two Mississippi sharecroppers who, ...more
This book is important. I found it to be an introduction and a starting place for me to learn more about female activists in the civil rights movement. I am disappointed that I had not learned about Fannie Lou Hamer’s story until picking up this book. Though I wish the book would have further detail ...more
“You can pray until you faint, but if you don’t get up and try to do something, God is not going to put it in your lap.” - Fannie Lou Hamer. Hamer’s most famous quote is probably “Nobody’s free until everybody’s free”, but I like the first one too much not to include it too.