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Item Nr: B 120509 Title: Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
Grade Lvl: IJ Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston
Length: 34 Prod/Pub: Candlewick Press
Copyright: 2015 Series:
Book Type: NP Biographee:
Copies: 3 Loan Period: 42 days
 
  A collage-illustrated collection of free form poems describing the life and work of civil rights advocate Fannie Lou Hamer. Story is told in the first person from Hamer's own perspective. Includes an author's note & timeline. John Steptoe Illustrator Award- 2016. Caldecott Honor Book- 2016. Robert F. Sibert Honor Book- 2016. AR 5.8 RC 5.4 Lexile 820 IL 5-9.

  Subjects:
  791 - AFRICAN AMERICANS
  1400 - AUTHOR, BLACK (BOOKS BY)
  204 - BIOGRAPHY
  1180 - BIOGRAPHY--WOMEN
  553 - CALDECOTT HONOR BOOKS
  306 - CIVIL RIGHTS
  1678 - LEXILE 800-899
  144 - PICTURE BOOK FOR OLDER READERS
  871 - POETRY
  885 - POVERTY
  1439 - PREJUDICES/PREJUDICE
  911 - RACE RELATIONS/RACISM
  1174 - REFORMERS
  1004 - SOCIAL CHANGE
  1133 - U.S.--POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT/AMERICAN