Fannie Lou Hamer
She was a key figure in the civil rights movement, advocating for voting rights and racial equality. She co-founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, challenging segregation in the Democratic National Convention. She is Fannie Lou Hamer.
Learn more about Hamer via the Biography (Gale in Context) database and the other NOVA Libraries resources below.
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Fannie Lou Hamer rallying supporters in Mississippi, 1964. Photo by Ken Thompson, The General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church, Inc.
