Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Ekua Holmes
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Poetry
- Cultural Area
- African American
- Women / Girls
Year Published 2015
Word Count 5,505
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 820L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 175361
- 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
- Lists With This Book
- Peace and Social Justice
- Poetry, 6-8
- Civil Rights Movement
- Voting Rights
- African American Experience
- Celebrating African American History
- More Women of Note
- KidCitizen Engagement
- Just, Inclusive Society
- Working Together for Justice
- Women’s History Month Books
- Women and the Vote
- Activism and Organizing
- Black History Elementary
- Race, Racism and Resistance
- This List is Anti-Racist
- Activism and Protest
- Black Experiences
- Civil Rights Teaching
- Black Lives Matter: Black Women
- Black Lives Matter: Black Villages
- Black Lives Matter: Loving Engagement
- Black Lives Matter: Collective Value
- BLM: Unapologetically Black
- Black Lives Matter: Intergenerational
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Meet-the-Author 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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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 7
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Teachers' Guide from Candlewick Press
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Discussion Guide from Coretta Scott King Book Awards
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Awards & Distinctions 15

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2021
New Talent Winner, 2016

Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten, 2011-2020
Commended, 2016

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Nonfiction Selection, 2016

Notable Children's Books, 1995-2021
Commended, 2016

Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2020
Multicultural and International Honor, 2016

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2021
Honor, 2016

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2020
Selection, 2016

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2020
Selection, 2016

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2020
Selection, 2015

Fanfare, 2001 - 2020
Selection, 2015
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