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Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America by Keisha N. Blain
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Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America

by Keisha N. Blain

✩ Shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle award for biography

✩ Nominated for the NAACP Image Award for an outstanding biography or autobiography

The historian and best-selling author Keisha N. Blain examines the life and work of the Black activist Fannie Lou Hamer, positioning her as a key political thinker alongside leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and Rosa Parks.

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