wgbh_tdcr_037 037 tdcr wgbh yes Fannie Lou Hamer African American women--Mississippi African American women political activists--Mississippi African American women civil rights workers--Mississippi African Americans--Segregation African Americans--Civil rights African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc. African Americans--Suffrage--Mississippi Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.) Mississippi Freedom Project Democratic National Convention (1964 : Atlantic City, N.J.) African Americans--Mississippi--Politics and government Intimidation--Mississippi Hamer, Fannie Lou This video segment profiles the life and leadership of Fannie Lou Hamer, a civil rights activist who co-chaired the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Hamer testified at the 1964 Democratic National Convention, challenging Mississippi's all-white Democratic Party delegation and advocating for African American voting rights and representation. Includes a background essay, discussion questions, and alignments to teaching standards. Major funding for this project is provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Supported in part by a grant from the Open Society Institute. Grade range: 6-12. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. [Boston, Mass.] : WGBH Educational Foundation Teacher's Domain Civil Rights Special Collection WGBH Educational Foundation 2002/2008 Instructional materials Teaching guides Resource units Moving images Biographies http://www.teachersdomain.org/resources/iml04/soc/ush/civil/hamer/ text/html text/pdf video/quicktime 11.4 Mb ca. 8m 13s Forms part of: Teacher's Domain Civil Right Special Collection. A Quicktime player may be needed to view the streaming video. 1917/1964 Mississippi The Teachers' Domain Civil Rights Collection is a collaborative production of WGBH Education Productions, the WGBH Media Library, and WGBH Interactive, in partnership with the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and Washington University in St. Louis. ©2004 WGBH Educational Foundation. All rights reserved. Footage courtesy of Fox, NBC, ABC, Washington University Libraries, and The Harvey Richards Film Collection, Estuary Press. Images courtesy of Corbis, Magnum, Charmian Reading, and AP Wide World. 20090616 081944