Fannie Lou Hamer stood before the Democratic National Convention (DNC). She delivered one of the most searing indictments of ...
Fannie Lou Hamer ... of the all-white Mississippi delegates at the Democratic National Convention. Hamer was elected vice chair of the integrated delegation, which consisted of 64 black members ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: In honor of Black History ... So, Fannie Lou Hamer helped to found the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party in 1964. They challenged the seating of the all-white Mississippi ...
As strong-willed civil rights and voting rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer, Butler knows she has ... in her desire to secure voting rights for Black Americans, and especially, Black women.