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

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

Main Author:	Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956- (Author)
Other Authors:	Holmes, Ekua (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2015.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Hamer, Fannie Lou > Juvenile nonfiction. African American women civil rights workers > Biography > Juvenile. African Americans > Biography > Juvenile. Civil rights workers > United States > Biography > Juvenile. African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century > Juvenile nonfiction. Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century > Juvenile nonfiction African Americans > Civil rights > Mississippi > History > 20th century > Juvenile nonfiction. Civil rights movements > Mississippi > History > 20th century > Juvenile nonfiction. Mississippi > Race relations > Juvenile nonfiction.

Summary:	Presents a collage-illustrated treasury of poems and spirituals inspired by the life and work of civil rights advocate Fannie Lou Hamer.
Physical Description:	34 pages : illustrations ; 27 x 29 cm
Awards:	Caldecott Honor Book, 2016.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9780763665319 (reinforced trade edition) 0763665312 (reinforced trade edition)
Author Notes:	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.