{"product_id":"book-ekzf","title":"Until I Am Free","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eExplores the Black activist’s ideas and political strategies,  highlighting their relevance for tackling modern social issues including  voter suppression, police violence, and economic inequality.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“We  have a long fight and this fight is not mine alone, but you are not  free whether you are white or black, until I am free.”—Fannie Lou Hamer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA blend of social commentary, biography, and intellectual history, \u003ci\u003eUntil I Am Free\u003c\/i\u003e is a manifesto for anyone committed to social justice. The book  challenges us to listen to a working-poor and disabled Black woman  activist and intellectual of the civil rights movement as we grapple  with contemporary concerns around race, inequality, and social justice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAward-winning historian and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author Keisha N. Blain situates Fannie Lou Hamer as a key  political thinker alongside leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr.,  Malcolm X, and Rosa Parks and demonstrates how her ideas remain salient  for a new generation of activists committed to dismantling systems of  oppression in the United States and across the globe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDespite her  limited material resources and the myriad challenges she endured as a  Black woman living in poverty in Mississippi, Hamer committed herself to  making a difference in the lives of others. She refused to be sidelined  in the movement and refused to be intimidated by those of higher social  status and with better jobs and education. In these pages, Hamer’s  words and ideas take center stage, allowing us all to hear the  activist’s voice and deeply engage her words, as though we had the  privilege to sit right beside her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMore than 40 years  since Hamer’s death in 1977, her words still speak truth to power,  laying bare the faults in American society and offering valuable  insights on how we might yet continue the fight to help the nation live  up to its core ideals of “equality and justice for all.”","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49325962232112,"sku":"BDekzf","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/361975-ekzf-Square.jpg?v=1733597155","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-ekzf","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}