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   May 1, 2024 · Fannie Lou Hamer ( / ˈheɪmər /; 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.

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   Apr 22, 2024 · Political Affiliation: Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Role In: American civil rights movement. Fannie Lou Hamer (born October 6, 1917, Ruleville, Mississippi, U.S.—died March 14, 1977, Mound Bayou, Mississippi) was an African American civil rights activist who worked to desegregate the Mississippi Democratic Party.

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   Apr 19, 2024 · Online Sources: Fannie Lou Hamer. DPLA: Primary Source Set: Fannie Lou Hamer and the Civil Rights Movement in Rural Mississippi. Fanne Lou Hamer - "Making Democracy a Reality". Fannie Lou Hamer - "I Dont Mind My Light Shining". Fannie Lou Hamer - "Im Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired".

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   Apr 25, 2024 · Fannie Lou Hamer didn’t know she had the right to vote until she was 44. It was 1962 in the Jim Crow South, and poll taxes, literacy tests and other discriminatory, often violent practices...

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   1 day ago · Fannie Lou Hamer: A fierce civil rights activist and former sharecropper, Hamer committed her life to enfranchising Black voters and building political power through the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. She ran for Congress in 1964 and captivated the nation’s attention as she testified before the credentials committee of the Democratic ...

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   Where is the 'Fannie Lou Hamer United States post office'?

   • "Opinion". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on October 25, 2017. Retrieved February 13, 2018. ^ "H.R. 4452 (103rd): To designate the Post Office building at 115 West Chester in Ruleville, Mississippi, as the 'Fannie Lou Hamer United States Post Office' ". GovTrack .us. Archived from the original on January 30, 2018.

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   Who was Fannie Lou Hamer?

   • Fannie Lou Hamer ( / ˈheɪmər /; 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.

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   Who wrote Fannie Lou Hamer?

   • Cheryl L. West wrote the play Fannie: The Music and Life of Fannie Lou Hamer, which premiered at the Actors Theatre of Louisville in 2022 as part of a co-production shared among Kenny Leon's True Colors Theatre Company, the August Wilson African American Cultural Center, City Theatre Company, and DEMASKUS Theater Collective.

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   What did Fannie Lou Hamer do in the Civil Rights Movement?

   • The granddaughter of slaves and the youngest of twenty children born to sharecroppers in the Mississippi Delta, Fannie Lou Hamer became a heroine of the Civil Rights Movement. Working on the front lines of the freedom struggle, she was jailed and brutally beaten for defying Jim Crow laws.

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   Apr 17, 2024 · Fannie Lou Hamer was a courageous civil rights activist who dedicated her life to fighting for racial equality and voting rights in the United States. Born in 1917 in Montgomery County, Mississippi, Hamer grew up in a sharecropping family and experienced firsthand the injustices of the Jim Crow South. Hamer became involved in activism in the ...

10. www.yahoo.com › news › why-civil-rights-icon-fannieWhy civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer was ‘sick ... - Yahoo

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    Apr 18, 2024 · 1. Fanny Lou Hamer speaks out against Mississippi's racist voting laws on Aug. 8, 1964. Bettmann/Getty Images. It wasn’t called voter suppression back then, but civil rights activist Fannie...