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For Freedom's Sake: The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer (Women in American History) by Chana Kai Lee Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2000 ISBN-10: 0-252-06936-6 / 0252069366 ISBN-13: 978-0-252-06936-9 / 9780252069369 The youngest of twenty children of sharecroppers in rural Mississippi, Fannie Lou Hamer witnessed throughout her childhood the white cruelty, political exclusion, and relentless economic exploitation that defined black existence in the Delta. In this intimate biography, Chana Kai Lee documents Hamer |