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Voice of freedom : Fannie Lou Hamer, spirit of the civil rights movement

Author

Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956- author.

Preferred Title

Poems. Selections

Title

Voice of freedom : Fannie Lou Hamer, spirit of the civil rights movement / Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Ekua Holmes.

Format

Book

Edition

First edition.

Published

Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, [2015] ©2015

Description

34 pages, unnumbered sequence of pages : color illustrations ; 27 x 29 cm

Other contributors

Holmes, Ekua, illustrator.

Portion of title

Fannie Lou Hamer, spirit of the civil rights movement

Notes

"Junior Library Guild Premier Selection"--cover sticker. Includes bibliographical references.

Summary

Presents a collage-illustrated treasury of poems and spirituals inspired by the life and work of civil rights advocate Fannie Lou Hamer.

Target audience

Middle School

Awards

A Junior Library Guild selection. Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent, Illustrator, 2016 Bank Street College, Flora Steiglitz Straus Award for nonfiction, 2016 Caldecott Honor Book, 2016. Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor, 2016. ALSC Notable Children's Books, All Ages, 2016

Subject headings

Hamer, Fannie Lou--Juvenile poetry. African American women civil rights workers--Biography--Juvenile poetry. Civil rights workers--United States--Biography--Juvenile poetry. Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century--Juvenile poetry. African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century--Juvenile poetry.

Genre heading

Picture books for children. Biographies. Biographical poetry Juvenile.

ISBN

9780763665319 (hardcover) 0763665312 (hardcover)