Peyton's Reviews > For Freedom's Sake: The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer

I didn't know much about Fannie Lou Hamer at all before reading this book, and this was a great introduction to her life and work. From sharecropper to powerful advocate for voting equality, she never lost sight of the poor Black people in Mississippi she most wanted to serve. The Winona beating from the white cops was particularly brutal but necessary to read. 4.5 stars.