Remembering Civil Rights Heroine Fannie Lou Hamer

Remembering Civil Rights Heroine Fannie Lou Hamer: 'I'm Sick and ...

Fifty years ago, civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer spoke before the 1964 Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City—and her speech ...

Remembering Civil Rights Activist Fannie Lou Hamer - AAIHS

... Fannie Lou Hamer in 2008, and then she invites us to consider Hamer's living “insights.” (xviii). The echoes that arose, from this ...

Fannie Lou Hamer: Unsung Woman of the Civil Rights Movement

Black voter suppression in Mississippi became a national concern due to Fannie Lou Hamer's leadership during 1964's Freedom Summer.

Fannie Lou Hamer | American Experience | Official Site - PBS

Hamer had spent her entire life in poverty, and she understood that the fight for economic security was a crucial component of the Civil Rights movement. At ...

“The Sweat and Blood of Fannie Lou Hamer” | National Endowment ...

By the early 1970s, Hamer was so well known that the Essence article had only to allude to her accomplishments. She'd joined the civil rights movement, fought ...

Fannie Lou Hamer | National Women's History Museum

She also traveled extensively, giving powerful speeches on behalf of civil rights. In 1971, Hamer helped to found the National Women's Political Caucus.

Personal Testimonies - Fannie Lou Hamer's America

Prickett is an attorney and a civil rights activist. He is also the author of “Remembering Mississippi Freedom Summer.” He participated in the 1963 March on ...

Remembering Civil Rights Heroine Fannie Lou Hamer: 'I'm Sick And ...

Fifty years ago, civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer spoke before the 1964 Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City—and her speech ...

Hamer, Fannie Lou

Hamer continued her career in political organizing and civil rights work as a delegate to the 1968 Democratic National Convention, where she berated authorities ...

FANNIE LOU HAMER: PAPERS OF A CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVITIST ...

She was instrumental in organizing Mississippi Freedom Summer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and later became the Vice-Chair of the ...

Fannie Lou Hamer: Civil Rights Activist - UMKC Women's Center

She continued picking cotton and it said that at the age of 13 she could pick 200-300 pounds of cotton daily despite having a disfigured leg as ...

Fannie Lou Hamer - SNCC Digital Gateway

John Dittmer, Local People: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1994). Kay Mills, This Little Light of Mine: The ...

How Fannie Lou Hamer Challenged a Nation

This was one of many unjust experiences that led Hamer to join the Civil Rights Movement. ... she understood that racial justice was tied to economic justice.

Exploring Fannie Lou Hamer's legacy 45 years after her death

Mississippi civil rights organizer Fannie Lou Hamer passed away 45 years ago this month ... right to vote until 1962, when she was 44 ...

Fannie Lou Hamer's Freedom Dreams - AAIHS

She knew that the struggle for human rights was international and that ... ← Previous : Remembering Civil Rights Activist Fannie Lou Hamer ...

Fannie Lou Hamer - Wikipedia

Fannie Lou Hamer was an American voting and women's rights activist, community organizer, and a leader in the civil rights movement. She was the vice-chair ...

Fannie Lou Hamer's Speech: A Lasting Civil Rights Message | TIME

A woman of faith, Hamer believed that God was on her side and favored everyone fighting for the rights and equality of black people. But she ...

Fannie Lou Hamer: Civil Rights Activist - Mississippi History Now

Hamer would work in the Civil Rights Movement on both the state and national stage. She felt that civil rights was her calling, her mission.

Recognizing and remembering Fannie Lou Hamer - Jonathan P. Baird

... Fannie Lou Hamer for her under-recognized contributions to the civil rights movement. ... Freedom Democratic Party in the summer of 1964 she ...

Why Fannie Lou Hamer Endures - Democracy Journal

She's mostly remembered for one famous speech. Her actual legacy is far greater than that. · Tagged Civil Rightsfannie lou hamerHistoryRacism · Read more about ...