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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library Fannie Lou Hamer, voting rights activist and civil rights leader, was born on this date October 6, 1917. Listen to her speech to the DNC in 1964: bit.ly/1rH8s4Q Hamer began her work as a civil rights activist after attending a protest meeting where she met civil rights activists who encouraged African Americans to register to vote. She became one of the few African Americans who made the decision to register and traveled with others to do so. Hamer worked for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, fighting racial segregation and injustices in the South. Although she faced many consequences, being beaten, threatened and arrested among them, Hamer’s spirit remained unbroken. She helped found the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party in 1964 and made history with her speech at a nationwide televised convention.
Posted on: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 21:44:02 +0000

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