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VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT: FANNIE LOU HAMERadmin2020-02-04T11:35:29-05:00

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. 

Photo 1. At the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, 1964. Photo 2. Fannie Lou Hamer for Congress poster, 1965.

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

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