Fannie Lou Hamer at the 1964 Democratic National Convention
With Parents of Michael Schwerner
By Jone Johnson Lewis, About.com Guide
Fannie Lou Hamer is shown here at the 1964 Democratic National Convention, protesting in favor of seating the delegates of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party over the all-white regular delegation from Mississippi. She is accompanied here by the parents of slain civil rights worker, Michael Schwerner, killed in June, 1964, in Philadelphia, Mississippi.
Fannie Lou Hamer at the Democratic National Convention of 1964, with the parents of slain civil rights worker, Michael Schwerner of Mississippi.
Getty Images / Archive Photos / Contributed by Robert Abbott SengstackeAfrican American History and Women
Key Women in the Civil Rights Movement
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