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Vor 3 Tagen · 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.
22. Apr. 2024 · 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. The youngest of 20 children, Fannie Lou was working the fields with her sharecropper parents at the age of six.
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26. Apr. 2024 · Fannie Lou Hamer October 6, 1917 – March 14, 1977. An American voting and women's rights activist, community organizer, and a leader in the civil rights movement. She was the co-founder and vice-chair of the Freedom Democratic Party, which she represented at the 1964 Democratic National Convention. Hamer also organized Mississippi ...
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9. Mai 2024 · DPLA: Primary Source Set: Fannie Lou Hamer and the Civil Rights Movement in Rural Mississippi more... less... "Born to sharecroppers in rural Mississippi in 1917, the youngest of twenty children, Fannie Lou Hamer knew well the realities of racism, discrimination, and poverty.
Vor 6 Tagen · Back to Results. Fannie Lou Hamer at the Democratic National Convention, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1964. After the Supreme Court struck down legal segregation in schools with the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, the fight for equal access in other arenas intensified.
9. Mai 2024 · Despite fierce prejudice and abuse, even being beaten to within an inch of her life, Fannie Lou Hamer was a champion of civil rights from the 1950s until her death in 1977. Integral to the Freedom Summer of 1964, Ms. Hamer gave a speech at the Democratic National Convention that, despite President Johnson's interference, aired on ...
26. Apr. 2024 · Fannie Lou Hamer. Image from Mississippi Digital Library. Student voice, Vol. 5 no. 13; 2 June 1964. Image from Congressional Publications database. Historical Newspapers and Magazines. Chicago Defender, 1910 - 1975. The Chicago Defender has been a leading voice of the black community well beyond Chicago.
