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Fannie Lou Hamer Electrifies the Democratic Convention

Fannie Lou Hamer grew up as one of 20 children born to sharecroppers in rural Mississippi. She and her husband were eking out a living as sharecroppers near Ruleville when, at the age of 44, she decided to attend a mass meeting about voting in [...]

Tags: Fannie Lou Hamer, Freedom Summer, Voting
Item Type: Speech
Historical Era: Postwar America (1946-1975)

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