This biography of Fannie Lou Hamer is a high-interest, low-vocabulary book for adolescents and adults with limited literacy skills. Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) grew up in the American South at the time of the Jim Crow laws. "Sick and tired" of being treated like a second-class citizen, Hamer overcame social and political barriers. She dedicated her life to rallying for equal rights and voting rights for black people.