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Songs my mother taught me.

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"The 20th child of a Mississippi sharecropper family and a commanding voice of the Civil Rights Movement, Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) stood tall against the brutality, indigities and intimidation of implacable racism." --Container.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Hamer, Fannie Lou (Performer, Speaker), Lester, Julius (Interviewer)
Other title:	Fannie Lou Hamer : songs my mother taught me.
Format:	CD Audio
Language:	English
Published:	Washington : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, [2015]
Series:	African American legacy recordings series.
Subjects:	Spirituals (Songs) Gospel music. African Americans > Civil rights. African Americans > Civil rights > Songs and music. Hymns, English. Lullabies. Songs. Hymns. Music.

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Summary:	"The 20th child of a Mississippi sharecropper family and a commanding voice of the Civil Rights Movement, Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) stood tall against the brutality, indigities and intimidation of implacable racism." --Container.
Item Description:	Title from disc label. Duration: 47 min. Program and biographical notes (32 pages : portraits ; 12 cm) in English inserted in container.
Physical Description:	1 audio disc (47 min.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time:	00:47:00
ISBN:	9786316110428 6316110421
Participant or Performer:	Fannie Lou Hamer, performer, interviewee ; Julius Lester, interviewer ; Moses Moon, music recorder.