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"If this is a Great Society, I'd hate to see a bad one." -- Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer, born #tdih 1917 in Montgomery Cty, Miss. Hamer and thousands more Mississippians took one of boldest moves in U.S. history to fight for real democracy in nat'l elections. zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/fann…
"Black people know what white people mean when they say 'law and order.'" -- Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer, born #tdih 1917.

Read profile (ideal for gr 6+) of Hamer with primary docs & interview at @snccdigital here: snccdigital.org/people/fannie-… (In photo below with Ms. Ella Baker & more.) Fannie Lou Hamer, Ella Baker and three other people. all out
“You can pray until you faint, but if you don’t get up and try to do something, God is not going to put it in your lap.” -- Fannie Lou Hamer, born #tdih 1917

Read about her fight for voting rights by @KeishaBlain via @smithsonianmag #TeachVotingRights
smithsonianmag.com/history/fannie…
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"If this is a Great Society, I'd hate to see a bad one." -- Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer, born #tdih 1917 in Montgomery Cty, Miss. Hamer and thousands more Mississippians took one of boldest moves in U.S. history to fight for real democracy in nat'l elections. zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/fann…
"Black people know what white people mean when they say 'law and order.'" -- Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer, born #tdih 1917.

Read profile (ideal for gr 6+) of Hamer with primary docs & interview at @snccdigital here: snccdigital.org/people/fannie-… (In photo below with Ms. Ella Baker & more.)
“You can pray until you faint, but if you don’t get up and try to do something, God is not going to put it in your lap.” -- Fannie Lou Hamer, born #tdih 1917.

Read about her fight for voting rights by @KeishaBlain via @smithsonianmag smithsonianmag.com/history/fannie… #TeachVotingRights
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