![]() ![]() Language eng Summary "Kate Clifford Larson's biography of Fannie Lou Hamer is the most complete ever written, drawing on recently declassified sources on both Hamer and the civil rights movement, including unredacted FBI and Department of Justice files. African Americans - Civil rights - Mississippi - History - 20th century.Civil rights workers - Mississippi - Biography.Civil rights workers - United States - Biography.African American women civil rights workers - Mississippi - Biography.Civil rights movements - United States - History - 20th century.Civil rights movements - Mississippi - History - 20th century.African Americans - Civil rights | History - 20th century.Label Walk with me : a biography of Fannie Lou Hamer Title Walk with me Title remainder a biography of Fannie Lou Hamer Statement of responsibility Kate Clifford Larson Creator ![]()
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