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

By Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrators Illustrated by Ekua Holmes Edition

Hardcover edition

Publisher Candlewick Imprint Candlewick ISBN

9780763665319

Awards and Honors <b>2016 Coretta Scott King / John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award Winner<br> 2016 Caldecott Honor Book<br> 2016 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book</b><br> Horn Book Fanfare List: Best Books of 2015, Nonfiction<br> 2015 Parents’ Choice Book Awards: Nonfiction, Gold<br> <i>Booklist</i> Best Picture Books of 2015<br> <i>Booklist</i> Editor’s Choice 2015, Nonfiction, Middle Readers<br> ALA Notable Books for Children 2016, Older Readers<br> 2016 Amelia Bloomer List, Middle Grade–Nonfiction, Top Ten<br> Chicago Public Library Best Books of 2015, Informational Books for Older Readers<br> 100 Notable Titles for Reading and Sharing 2015, Children’s Books<br> 2016 Winner, Notable Books for a Global Society<br> 2016 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 6–8<br> 2016 CCBC Choices–Historical People, Places, and Events<br> 2015 Cybils Award Nomination, Elementary / Middle Grade Nonfiction<br> Best Multicultural Books of 2015<br> <i>Booklist</i> 2016 Top 10 Books for Youth, Biographies<br> Children’s Literature Assembly, 2016 Notable Children’s Books in the English Language Arts<br> Children’s Book Committee Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Books of 2016, Biography and Memoir<br> 2016 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor, Nonfiction<br> William Allen White Children’s Book Awards 2017–2018 Master List, Grades 6–8

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

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Language: Mild Language,Language: Racial or Ethnic Epithet/Slur,Violence: Gun Violence,Violence: Mild Violence,Violence: Strong Violence

2016 Coretta Scott King / John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award Winner
The child of Mississippi sharecroppers, Fannie Lou Hamer was a leader in the civil rights movement: "I meant to prove that anyone, / black or white, rich or poor / could get involved in American politics." Author's note. Time line. Source notes. Selected bibliography. Full-color collage illustrations.
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