"Hard as we work for nothing,
 there must be some way we
     can change things....
 There must be something else."

The youngest of twenty children born to sharecroppers in the Mississippi Delta, Fannie Lou Hamer grew up to become a hero of the civil rights movement. She participated in marches, sit-ins, and voter education training—efforts that earned her severe beatings by the police, jail time, and bullets shot into her home. In 1964, as a member of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, she spoke before the Democratic National Convention Credentials Committee and ran three times for elective office. Malcolm X called her "the country's number one freedom-fighting woman."

Voice of Freedom celebrates Fannie Lou Hamer's life and legacy in inspiring words and vibrant artwork.

From the dust jacket