THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT
Fannie Lou Hamer
1917 – 1977
“Nobody’s Free Until Everybody’s Free.“
Helped found the NWPC. Organized Freedom Summer, Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). National Council of Negro Women. Co-founder of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
![Hamer#2 1964 DNC Atlantic City](https://i0.wp.com/veteranfeministsofamerica.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2-1964-DNC-Atlantic-City-e1580749117663-300x245.png?resize=300%2C245&ssl=1)
![Hamer#3 poster for congress 1965](https://i0.wp.com/veteranfeministsofamerica.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/3-poster-for-congress-1965.png?resize=215%2C300&ssl=1)
Photo 1. At the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, 1964. Photo 2. Fannie Lou Hamer for Congress poster, 1965.
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More About Fannie:
- Fannie Lou Hamer’s America – a documentary film, Willamette University
- Fannie Lou Hamer, “I Stand Up,” a documentary on Mississippi Public Broadcasting
- A look back at the life and legacy of civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer, Mississippi Public Broadcasting
- Fannie Lou Hamer Memorial Statue
- The Fannie Lou Hamer Institute of Advocacy & Social Action
- Kay Mills author of This Little Light of Mine, the story of Fannie Lou Hamer
- Pacifica Radio Interview 1965
- On C-SPAN
- History.com
- National Women’s History Museum
- Fannie Lou Hamer papers, Amistad Research Center, Tulane University
- Cited in Barbara Love’s Book – Feminists Who Changed America – page 197