Remembering Civil Rights Heroine Fannie Lou Hamer

Remembering Fannie Lou Hamer—Part II - BlackPressUSA

Hamer was and is an inspirational figure to many involved in the struggle for civil rights. She died on March 14, 1977, at the age of 59.

Remembering Fannie Lou Hamer – Part I

She was surprised to learn that African-Americans actually had a constitutional right to vote. When the SNCC members asked for volunteers to go ...

Fannie Lou Hamer: 'Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired'

20, 1964, Hamer described the brutal beatings she and other Black people endured in Mississippi in their fight for civil and voting rights. A ...

I'm Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired

Civil Rights Movement -- Fannie Lou Hamer ... And she said that it was state highway patrolmen and a city chief of police had tapped them all on the ...

Fannie Lou Hamer, Civil Rights Activist | Amazing Women In History

Fannie Lou Hamer was a 20th century civil rights activist in the United States. She was a devout Christian who viewed the African American struggle for equal ...

Remembering Fannie Lou Hamer—Part I - The Washington Informer

She was surprised to learn that African-Americans actually had a constitutional right to vote. When the SNCC members asked for volunteers to go ...

Remembering Past Harms is a Key First Step for Achieving Social ...

Born in the Mississippi Delta in 1917, Fannie Lou Hamer was the youngest of 20 children in a sharecropping family. She joined the civil rights ...

Human Rights Hero: Fannie Lou Hamer - American Bar Association

In a televised speech that reached millions, she challenged the credentials of the all-white Mississippi Democratic delegation and sought to ...

Remembering Fannie Lou Hamer Through Her Words and Wisdom

... civil and voting rights movements. She dedicated her life to the fight for civil rights, working for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).

Fannie Lou Hamer - Black Women's Religious Activism

At a National Council of Negro Women meeting, she declared. “I strictly believe in Christianity.” Civil Rights Memberships. Hamer served as the field secretary ...

Fannie Lou Hamer | Biography, Quotes & Facts - Study.com

Five facts about civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer are: She was the last of 20 children born into a sharecropping family in rural Mississippi.

Fannie Lou Hamer | Archives of Women's Political Communication

Fannie Lou Hamer was an American voting rights activist and civil rights leader. She was the first woman from Mississippi to be an official delegate at a ...

Black History Month, Week 2: Fannie Lou Hamer

TLDR – Remembering Fannie Lou Hamer, one of the many victims of ... She went on to co-found the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party ...

60 years ago Fannie Lou Hamer rattled the Democratic convention ...

Fannie Lou Hamer was a leader of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party ... Civil Rights Museum in Jackson. “We had four white folk in our ...

Fannie Lou Hamer Leadership Program - AAPD

Who is Fannie Lou Hamer? Fannie Lou Hamer is a well-recognized civil rights activist and organizer for voting rights. Her work centered on elevating the ...

Congressional Record, Volume 163 Issue 161 (Friday, October 6 ...

... Lou Hamer demonstrates that this is not an idle boast but a simple truth. Fannie Lou Hamer dedicated her life to the fight for civil rights ...

Opinion | Are We Living Up to Fannie Lou Hamer's Legacy

Duvalier Malone writes on Fannie Lou Hamer ... She recognized that the fight for civil rights was inextricably linked to economic justice.

Fannie Lou Hamer: America's Freedom Fighting Woman

Once Hamer's life path intersected with the mid-century Civil Rights Movement, she spent fifteen years (1962-1977) traveling from the South to the North—and ...

Disability History

She worked for voting rights and minimum wage laws, and was considered ... Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) was a civil rights activist who helped African ...

Fannie Lou Hamer 1917–1977 - Encyclopedia.com

Fannie Lou Hamer [1] 1917–1977 Civil rights activist, public speaker “This Little Light of Mine”: Religious Faith [2] Registering to Vote: “Determined to ...