Voice of Freedom, Carole Boston Weatherford
Voice of Freedom, Carole Boston Weatherford
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Voice of Freedom
Fannie Lou Hamer - Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement

Author: Carole Boston Weatherford

Narrator: Janina Edwards

Unabridged: 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/12/2016

Synopsis

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. Based on the critically acclaimed 2016 Caldecott and Sibert Honor Book and winner of the Boston Globe Horn Book Honor Award, Voice of Freedom celebrates Fannie Lou Hamer's life and legacy with a message of hope, determination, and strength.

About Carole Boston Weatherford

Carole Boston Weatherford has written many award-winning books for children, including Kin, illustrated by her son Jeffery and a Coretta Scott King Author Honor recipient; Box, which won a Newbery Honor; Unspeakable, which won the Coretta Scott King Award, a Caldecott Honor, and was a finalist for the National Book Award; Respect: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, winner of the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award; ALA Notable Children’s Book You Can Fly; and Caldecott Honor winners Freedom in Congo Square; Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement; and Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom. Carole lives in North Carolina. Visit her at CBWeatherford.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Calista

This is a powerful account of Frannie Lou Hammer, who I had not heard of. She lived a hard life. She lived through some terrible times and she was a fighter. Her daughter died in her arms outside a hospital because it took so long to get there as hospitals close by wouldn’t take black people. In her......more

Goodreads review by Robert

**** Caldecott Honor (2016) **** I suspect that, despite all the numerous awards and well deserved accolades, Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer will be a regularly challenged title for exclusion in schools and libraries, not because of the message it sends, but because of the language it uses. "...t......more

Goodreads review by Edward

I'm usually not a fan of biographies with the subject speaking in first person, but this story of the Civil Rights Movement hero from Mississippi is excellent enough to negate that complaint. Weatherford's thoroughly documented narrative is told in verse and beautifully complemented with superb coll......more

Goodreads review by Brenda

Powerful verse biography of Fannie Lou Hamer, a Civil Rights activist - beautifully illustrated. Must read/ must purchase!......more

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