The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl Voice of Freedom celebrates Fannie

Voice of Freedom celebrates Fannie Lou Hamer’s life and legacy with a message of hope

She is darker than everyone in her family

his father’s been murdered

or is it just as important to own up to what you won’t do

The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl Voice of Freedom celebrates FannieIn the best selling tradition of Sloan Crosley's I Was Told There'd Be Cake and Mindy Kaling's Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, here is a collection of humorous essays on what it's like to be unabashedly awkward in a world that regards introverts as hapless misfits and black as cool. "My name is 'J' and I'm awkward and black. Someone once told me those were the two worst things anyone could be. That someone was right. Where do I start?" Being an