Fannie Lou Hamer was born October 6, 1917. Hamer never knew she, as an African American, could register to vote, and never tried until 1963. She then became a leader in the voting rights and civil rights campaigns in Mississippi. Learn more about the woman called "the spirit of the civil rights movement":
• Fannie Lou Hamer - basic facts
• Fannie Lou Hamer Biography
• Fannie Lou Hamer Quotes
• Women and the Civil Rights Movement
• African American Women 1950-1999
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• Famous Black Women
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