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My mom, Fannie Lou Hamer, fought for the rights of others and never showed weary. Maegan is a fighter in her own right. I give thanks to Maegan Parker Brooks for her determination to make sure that future generations will have the correct information on not only the civil rights, but also the human rights struggle that was endured.--Jacqueline Hamer, daughter of Fannie Lou Hamer Maegan Parker Brooks has written a passionate account of the life and times of Fannie Lou Hamer in Fannie Lou Hamer: America's Freedom Fighting Woman. Brooks' writing is compelling, elucidating, and engaging. Reading this book is itself a course in the heroic Civil Rights Era. I am happy to encourage my students and friends to read this book.--Molefi Kete Asante, professor and chair, Department of Africology, Temple University, author of The History of Africa

My mom, Fannie Lou Hamer, fought for the rights of others and never showed weary. Maegan is a fighter in her own right. I give thanks to Maegan Parker Brooks for her determination to make sure that future generations will have the correct information on not only the civil rights, but also the human rights struggle that was endured.--Jacqueline Hamer, daughter of Fannie Lou Hamer Maegan Parker Brooks has written a passionate account of the life and times of Fannie Lou Hamer in Fannie Lou Hamer: America's Freedom Fighting Woman. Brooks' writing is compelling, elucidating, and engaging. Reading this book is itself a course in the heroic Civil Rights Era. I am happy to encourage my students and friends to read this book.--Molefi Kete Asante, professor and chair, Department of Africology, Temple University, author of The History of Africa Fannie Lou Hamer often reminded audiences that in the United States, Nobody's free until everybody's free. Maegan Parker Brooks's magnificent biography proves that Hamer's words ring just as true in the 21st century as they did in the 1960s. Packed with insight on every page, Fannie Lou Hamer: America's Freedom Fighting Woman centers Hamer's ideas and strategies for social change, and makes a convincing case that they're as urgently necessary today as they were in Mrs. Hamer's time.--Todd Moye, Robnett Professor of U.S. History, University of North Texas This beautifully written, vibrant book does justice to Mrs. Hamer and that's the highest compliment I can give. Brooks's Fannie Lou Hamer: America's Freedom Fighting Woman offers a compelling portrait of this tough, brilliant, determined, resilient warrior whose fierce and compelling voice rang out for justice--from the Mississippi Delta to the corridors of power. Brooks shows us how, as a sharecropper with limited formal education, Mrs. Hamer represents the potential in so-called ordinary citizens. And with her willingness to upend her life in order to register to vote and follow the path that unfolded, this extraordinary woman demonstrates the power of unbanked fire and reminds us that we can all fight for justice, and we must. More than ever, we need to know about Mrs. Hamer and there is no better place to start.--Emilye Crosby, author of A Little Taste of Freedom: The Black Freedom Struggle in Claiborne County, Mississippi

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Meagan Parker Brooks is assistant professor of Civic Communication and Media at Willamette University. She is the author of A Voice that Could Stir an Army: Fannie Lou Hamer and the Rhetoric of the Black Freedom Movement (2014), a CHOICE Outstanding Title.

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