Beschreibung:
A sharecropper, a warrior, and a truth-telling prophet, Fannie Lou Hamer stands as a powerful symbol not only of the 1960s black freedom movement, but also of the enduring human struggle against oppression. A Voice That Could Stir an Army is a rhetorical biography that tells the story of Hamer's life by focusing on how she employed symbols to construct persuasive public personae, to influence audiences, and to effect social change.