This book explores the Life of one of Mississippi\'s greatest Civil Rights activists, Fannie Lou Hamer.
She is particularly remembered for her speech before the Credentials Committee, seeking to end all-white represen.
Known for her daring, her brinkmanship and her impassioned speech-making, Hamer rose to prominence in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, an intrepid group which tried to unseat the predominantly white Democrats of Mississippi during the 1964 Democratic National Convention.
This book explores the Life of one of Mississippi\'s greatest Civil Rights activists, Fannie Lou Hamer