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Happy Birthday, Fannie Lou Hamer (October 6, 1917 – March 14, 1977)! 🎈She would have been 102 years-old today.
Hamer was a Black American voting & women's rights activist, community organizer & a leader in the Civil Rights Movement.
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Hamer was a Black American voting & women's rights activist, community organizer & a leader in the Civil Rights Movement.
#blackwomenradicals
“Hamer was the co-founder and vice-chair of the Freedom Democratic Party, which she represented at the 1964 Democratic National Convention.”
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“Hamer also organized Mississippi's Freedom Summer along with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).”
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“Hamer was also a co-founder of the National Women's Political Caucus, an organization created to recruit, train, and support women of all races who wish to seek election to government office.”
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“Hamer was extorted, threatened, harassed, shot at, and assaulted by white supremacists and police while trying to register for and exercise her right to vote.”
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“She later helped & encouraged thousands of African-Americans in Mississippi to become registered voters & helped hundreds of disenfranchised people in her area through her work in programs like the Freedom Farm Cooperative.”
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“She unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. Senate in 1964 and the Mississippi State Senate in 1971. In 1970 she led legal action against the government of Sunflower County, Mississippi, for continued illegal segregation.”
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“One day, I know the struggle will change. There's got to be a change - not only for Mississippi, not only for the people in the United States, but people all over the world.”
—- Fannie Lou Hamer
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—- Fannie Lou Hamer
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