Summary of Keisha N. Blain's Until I Am Free

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The story of Fannie Lou Hamer, a Black woman from Mississippi, illustrates the contributions of a Black woman with limited material resources and little formal education, but an all-consuming passion for social justice. #2 Hamer was a field secretary for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, a civil rights organization, in 1962. That year, she learned about her constitutional rights as a citizen of the United States for the first time. She began working with SNCC to expand voting rights for Black people in the South. #3 Fannie Lou Hamer was a black woman who was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1964, and then to the US House of Representatives in 1965. She was unafraid to publicly condemn those who perpetuated injustice, and she demanded more from public officials. #4 Hamer was a radical black woman who dedicated her life to fighting for the rights and liberation of black people. She was fearless and honest, and she challenged America’s hypocrisy head-on.