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Fannie Lou Hamer. From the Collection: Women in American History. Fannie Lou Hamer was born in 1917, the 20th child of Lou Ella and James Lee Townsend, sharecroppers east of the Mississippi Delta. She first joined her family in the cotton fields at the age of six. Although she managed to complete several years of school, by adolescence she was ...
Fannie Lou Hamer. 1917-1977. 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. Hamer was born on October 6, 1917 in ...
Feb 11, 2024 · Fannie Lou Hamer for Children. Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) became a civil rights leader beginning in 1962 when she was denied the right to vote. She led the marches to push for voting rights in Mississippi, singing hymns to the Lord. Hamer also ran for the U.S. Senate and lost, spoke against abortion at the White House, and established a pig ...
Jul 24, 2013 · Fannie Lou Hamer: Voting rights trailblazer. Confronted with challenging primary source material as part of her research on the civil rights movement, Fellow Regina Sierra Carter was moved to share this reflection on the crusade of activist Fannie Lou Hamer and connections to her own life. "Is this America, the land of the free and the home of ...
Sep 30, 2022 · The Indomitable Fannie Lou Hamer: A New Biography Chronicles Her Lifelong Struggle for Justice Kate Clifford Larson renders a touching portrait of Hamer as a truly organic intellectual and charismatic leader who championed women's rights, voting rights, and equality for all. Posted on September 30, 2022 in Featured Review. By Philip F. Rubio
Walk with Me: A Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer By Kate Clifford Larson • Oxford University Press • 2021 • 322 pages • $33.95. Like many heroes and martyrs of the Black Freedom Struggle, Fannie Lou Hamer seems to be forever imprisoned in a single historical moment. On August 22, 1964, the 47-year-old sharecropper and Southern Nonviolent ...
Fannie Lou Hamer. Fannie Lou Hamer, a Mississippi sharecropper, changed a nation’s perspective on democracy. Hamer became involved in the civil rights movement when she volunteered to attempt to register to vote in 1962. By then, 45 years old and a mother, Hamer lost her job and continually risked her life because of her civil rights activism.
