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- Fannie Lou Hamer
American civil rights activist
Fannie Lou Hamer (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. She was the vice-chair of the Freedom Democratic Party, which she represented at the 1964 Democratic National Convention. Hamer also organized Mississippi's Freedom Summer along with the Student... Wikipedia
- October 6, 1917, Montgomery County, Mississippi, United States
- March 14, 1977, Mound Bayou, Mississippi, United States
- Breast cancer
- 5'4" (1.63m)
- Perry "Pap" Hamer(m 1944 - 1977)
- National Women's Political Caucus, Freedom Farm Cooperative
- Of Black America, Black Journal, Festival
- Freedom Democratic Party
