Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by Weatherford, Carole Boston

Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780763665319)

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Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by Weatherford, Carole Boston

Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement

$18.99
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by Weatherford, Carole Boston

Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement

$18.99
Format: Hardcover
Description
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A Caldecott Honor Book
A Robert F. Sibert Honor Book
A John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award Winner

Stirring poems and stunning collage illustrations combine to celebrate the life of Fannie Lou Hamer, a champion of equal voting rights.

"I am sick and tired of being sick and tired."

Despite fierce prejudice and abuse, even being beaten to within an inch of her life, Fannie Lou Hamer was a champion of civil rights from the 1950s until her death in 1977. Integral to the Freedom Summer of 1964, Ms. Hamer gave a speech at the Democratic National Convention that, despite President Johnson's interference, aired on national TV news and spurred the nation to support the Freedom Democrats. Featuring vibrant mixed-media art full of intricate detail, Voice of Freedom celebrates Fannie Lou Hamer's life and legacy with a message of hope, determination, and strength.

Author: Carole Boston Weatherford
ISBN-10: 0763665312
ISBN-13: 9780763665319
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Language: English
Published: 08/04/2015
Pages: 56
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 10.20h x 11.30w x 0.60d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.8
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 175361 / Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement

Award: Caldecott Medal - Honor Book
Award: Coretta Scott King Award - Winner
Award: Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award - Honor Book
Award: Parents Choice Awards (Fall) (2008-Up) - Gold Medal Winner
Award: Children's Book Committee Award - Winner

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2015
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2015 pg. 45
Booklist 07/01/2015 pg. 53
School Library Journal 08/01/2015 pg. 130
BookPage 08/01/2015
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2015 pg. 134
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2015
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2016 pg. 13
By Carole Boston Weatherford
By Carole Boston Weatherford
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Carole Boston Weatherford, a New York Times best-selling author and poet, was named the 2019 Washington Post Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award winner. Her numerous books for children include the Coretta Scott King Author Award winner Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre, illustrated by Floyd Cooper; the Caldecott Honor Books Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom, illustrated by Kadir Nelson, and Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement, illustrated by Ekua Holmes, which was also a Robert F. Sibert Honor Book; and the critically acclaimed Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library, illustrated by Eric Velasquez. Carole Boston Weatherford lives in North Carolina.

Ekua Holmes is a fine artist whose work explores themes of family, relationships, hope, and faith. In 2013 she was named to the Boston Arts Commission, which oversees public art projects on city property. Voice of Freedom is her first picture book. Ekua Holmes lives in Boston.

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