![]() ![]() ![]() Kate Clifford Larson is a bestselling author of critically acclaimed biographies including Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero and Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter. By centering Hamer within the larger Civil Rights story, Larson elevates the profound faith and full spirit that undergirded Hamer’s powerful voice, a voice that inspired millions to join in her demands for justice and equality in America. Recently declassified FBI files, rich movement archives, interviews with veteran activists, and extensive conversations with Hamer’s family led Larson to uncover Hamer the woman, her struggles to survive, and the critical turning points that forced her rebirth from a Mississippi sharecropper into a fierce freedom fighter. ![]() Kate Clifford Larson’s biography of Civil Rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer, Walk with Me, is stirring, immersive, and authoritative. ![]()
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