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.
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Fannie Lou Hamer's 1964 DNC Speech Paved the Way for HarrisThe political efforts of civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer are a ... schoolhouse so she could help her family meet their growing financial pressures. Still, Hamer’s family remained trapped ...
Fannie Lou Hamer, a voting rights activist, suffered unspeakable violence and intimidation at the hands of white supremacists and police. Her response: to elevate her cause by launching a long ...
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.
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