Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Carole Boston Weatherford, Ekua HolmesAudience:Ages 9-12Publish date:2015-08-04Pages:56
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Candlewick Press (MA)ISBN-13:9780763665319ISBN-10:763665312UPC:9780763665319Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Biography & Autobiography, Social TopicsBook Topic:Social Activists, Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, Prejudice & RacismAward:2016 Caldecott Medal Honor Book - Picture Book Award|2016 Coretta Scott King Award Winner - New Talent/Illustrator Award|2016 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award Honor Book - Children's Book Award|2015 Parents Choice Awards (Fall) (2008-Up) Gold Medal Winner - Nonfiction Award|2016 Children's Book Committee Award Winner - Nonfiction AwardSize:10.20 x 11.30 x 0.60 inchesWeight:1.3007Product ID:SC11JQDQQD
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.
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.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Candlewick Press (MA)ISBN-13:9780763665319ISBN-10:763665312UPC:9780763665319Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Biography & Autobiography, Social TopicsBook Topic:Social Activists, Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, Prejudice & RacismAward:2016 Caldecott Medal Honor Book - Picture Book Award|2016 Coretta Scott King Award Winner - New Talent/Illustrator Award|2016 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award Honor Book - Children's Book Award|2015 Parents Choice Awards (Fall) (2008-Up) Gold Medal Winner - Nonfiction Award|2016 Children's Book Committee Award Winner - Nonfiction AwardSize:10.20 x 11.30 x 0.60 inchesWeight:1.3007Product ID:SC11JQDQQD
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.
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
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🏆 2016 Caldecott Medal Honor Book - Picture Book Award|2016 Coretta Scott King Award Winner - New Talent/Illustrator Award|2016 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award Honor Book - Children's Book Award|2015 Parents Choice Awards (Fall) (2008-Up) Gold Medal Winner - Nonfiction Award|2016 Children's Book Committee Award Winner - Nonfiction Award
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