Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Ekua Holmes
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- 3-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Picture Book
- Poetry
- Cultural Experience
- African American
- Women / Girls
Year Published 2015
Word Count 5,505
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 820L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 175361, 1 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- 20th century
- Civil rights
- Civil rights workers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- African American women civil rights workers--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Hamer, Fannie Lou--Juvenile literature
- African Americans--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Hamer, Fannie Lou
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Social Activists
- Civil rights workers
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- Women
- Civil rights movements
- African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Poetry | General
- Civil rights movements--Mississippi--History--20th century--Juvenile literature
- African Americans
- History
- United States
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- African Americans--Civil rights--Mississippi--History--20th century--Juvenile literature
- African American women civil rights workers
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics | Prejudice & Racism
- Mississippi--Race relations--Juvenile literature
- Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century--Juvenile literature
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- Just, Inclusive Society
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Meet-the-Illustrator Recording with Ekua Holmes about Voice of Freedom
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Carole Boston Weatherford about Voice of Freedom
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Carole Boston Weatherford
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Ekua Holmes
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Poetry Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Poetry Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Awards & Distinctions 16
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Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten, 2011-2024
Commended, 2016
![Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023](/images/awards/77.jpg)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Nonfiction Selection, 2016
![Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2023](/images/awards/87.jpeg)
Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2023
Multicultural and International Honor, 2016
![ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024](/images/list_sponsor_image/6747.png)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2016
![CCBC Choices](/images/list_sponsor_image/Sponsor_1715.jpg)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016
![Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024](/images/awards/104.png)
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 2016
![Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2024](/images/awards/124.jpg)
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2024
Selection, 2016
![Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2024](/images/list_sponsor_image/3251.jpg)
Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2024
Honor, 2016
![Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024](/images/CSKlogoWatermark.jpg)
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
New Talent Winner, 2016
![Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023](/images/awards/82.jpg)
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023
Selection, 2015
![Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2023](/images/awards/90.jpg)
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2023
Selection, 2015
![Original Art Medal, 2002-2023](/images/awards/202.png)
Original Art Medal, 2002-2023
Silver Winner, 2015
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