Fannie Lou Hamer: Fighting for the Right to Vote
- ISBN-10
- 0766017729
- ISBN-13
- 9780766017726
- Series
- Fannie Lou Hamer
- Category
- African American women
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Enslow Publishing
- Author
- Laura Baskes Litwin
Description
A biography of the civil rights activist who devoted her life to helping blacks register to vote and gain a national political voice.
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