Hamer, Fannie Lou
Biography:
African American civil rights activist and former sharecropper, Fannie Lou Hamer, was born in Montgomery County, Mississippi on October 6, 1917 and died March 14, 1977. She was instrumental in starting Delta Ministry in 1963. In 1964, she was part of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party's delegation to Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City. In 1969, she founded and presided over the Freedom Farms Corporation. She continued her political involvement by serving as a member of the policy council of National Women's Political Caucus in 1971 and as a 1976 member of State Executive Committee of the United Democratic Party of Mississippi, District II.
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Archival Collections and Reference Resources
- Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive (University of Southern Mississippi Libraries)
- Challenge of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (Letters (correspondence))
- The Congressional challenge (brochure); [1964] (Brochures)
- Dr. Erwin D. Zeman and Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer (Color photographs)
- Fact sheet on Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party's statutory challenge and contest of Mississippi's 5 seats in the House of Representatives served Dec. 4, 1964; December 1964 (Text)
- Freedom candidates of Mississippi (Text)
- Freedom vote ballot (Text)
- Hamer v. Campbell, March 11, 1966 (Text)
- Instruction in nonviolent self-defense (Black-and-white photographs)
- Letter, Carol Rogoff, et al. to Friend; [n.d.] (Letters (correspondence))
- Letter, Mary Sue [Short] to friends; February 1, 1965 (Text)
- Memo, Leon Shull to Americans for Democratic Action; November 19, 1964 (Text)
- Murder of three civil rights workers, the Atlantic City convention, and the congressional challenge; November 24, 1964 (Texts (document genres))
- Photo department report; [n.d.] (Texts (document genres))
- Photograph of a Rust College student at the Freedom House in Holly Springs, Mississippi; [n.d.] (Black-and-white photographs)
- Photograph of Fannie Lou Hamer (Black-and-white photographs)
- Photograph of Rust College students at the Freedom House in Holly Springs, Mississippi; [n.d.] (Black-and-white photographs)
- Proposed program for Mississippi in relationship to SCLC's Washington Poor People's Campaign; January 14, 1968 (Reports)
- Singing during orientation, close-up (Black-and-white photographs)
- Student voice, Vol. 1, no. 2; [1967] (Texts (document genres))
- Student voice, Vol. 5 no. 13 (Newsletters)
- Student voice, Vol. 5 no. 23 (Newsletters)
- FBI Freedom of Information Act Collection (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
- Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection (Alabama Department of Archives and History)
- Fannie Lou Hamer and others, seated at a table before the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, during a hearing at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Fannie Lou Hamer and others, seated at a table before the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, during a hearing at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Fannie Lou Hamer, J. C. Killingsworth, and others seated before the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty during a hearing at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Fannie Lou Hamer seated before the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty during a hearing at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Fannie Lou Hamer seated before the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty during a hearing at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Fannie Lou Hamer seated before the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty during a hearing at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Fannie Lou Hamer sitting down at a table before the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, during a hearing at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Fannie Lou Hamer sitting down at a table before the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, during a hearing at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Fannie Lou Hamer speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Fannie Lou Hamer speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Fannie Lou Hamer speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Fannie Lou Hamer speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Fannie Lou Hamer speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Fannie Lou Hamer speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Fannie Lou Hamer speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Fannie Lou Hamer speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Fannie Lou Hamer speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Fannie Lou Hamer speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Fannie Lou Hamer speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Fanny Lou Hamer, Unita Blackwell, and others, leaving the table where they had been seated before the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, during a hearing at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- J. C. Killingsworth, Fanny Lou Hamer, and others, leaving the table where they had been seated before the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, during a hearing at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- J. C. Killingsworth, Fanny Lou Hamer, Unita Blackwell, and others, leaving the table where they had been seated before the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, during a hearing at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Man speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Man speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Man speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Man speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Men and women seated at a table before the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, during a hearing at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Men and women seated at a table before the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, during a hearing at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Men and women seated at a table before the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, during a hearing at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Mrs. Hardy speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Mrs. Hardy speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Mrs. Hardy speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Mrs. Hardy speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Mrs. Hardy speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Mrs. Hardy speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Mrs. Hardy speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Mrs. Hardy speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Mrs. Hardy, Unita Blackwell, and Fannie Lou Hamer seated before the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty during a hearing at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Unita Blackwell speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Unita Blackwell speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Woman speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Woman speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Woman speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Woman speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
- Moncrief photograph collection (Mississippi Department of Archives and History)
- Say It Plain: A Century of Great African American Speeches (American Public Media)
- USM Oral History (University of Southern Mississippi Libraries)
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection (Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection)