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Fannie Lou Hamer (/ ˈ h eɪ m ər /; née Townsend; October 6, 1917 – March 14, 1977) was an American voting and women's rights activist, community organizer, and a leader in the civil rights movement.
Fannie Lou Townsend Hamer rose from humble beginnings in the Mississippi Delta to become one of the most important, passionate, and powerful voices of the civil and voting rights movements and a leader in the efforts for greater economic opportunities for African Americans.
Nov 9, 2009 · Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) was a civil rights activist whose passionate depiction of her own suffering in a racist society helped focus attention on the plight of African Americans...
Apr 2, 2014 · Fannie Lou Hamer was an African American civil rights activist who led voting drives and co-founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
Born on October 6, 1917, the youngest of 20 children, legendary community organizer and civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer (née Townsend) grew up in the racial oppression and terror of post-Reconstruction Mississippi.
4 days ago · Fannie Lou Hamer, African American civil rights activist, cofounder (in 1964), and vice-chairperson of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), which was established as an alternative to the all-white Mississippi Democratic Party.
4 days ago · FILE - Fannie Lou Hamer, a leader of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, testifies before the credentials committee of the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, N.J., on Aug. 22, 1964, as her racially integrated group challenged the seating of the all-white Mississippi delegation. (AP Photo, File)
6 days ago · Multiple speakers at the Democratic National Convention have mentioned Fannie Lou Hamer, a civil rights activist who gave a landmark speech at the convention in 1964. Hamer was a former ...
5 days ago · Fannie Lou Hamer and her husband’s gravesite are seen inside the Fannie Lou Hamer Memorial Garden in Ruleville, Mississippi. (Harlan Bozeman for The 19th) After college, Townsend moved back to Drew. She worked for the state corrections department for several decades before retiring in 2020. She then ran for mayor of Drew, and was elected in 2021.
A lmost 60 years ago, Fannie Lou Hamer took the podium at the Democratic National Convention and made a speech that challenged the party for its failure to support Black Americans' right to vote.
