Tag: Fannie Lou Hamer

Women’s History Month: Fannie Lou Hamer And How The Civil Rights Icon Challenged The Status Quo

NewsOne Featured Video Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party delegate Fanny Hamer speaks out for the meeting of her delegates at a credential meeting before the formal meeting of the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 22, 1964, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. | Source: Bettmann / Getty It wasn’t called voter suppression back then, but civil rights […]

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