February 12, 2021 - Page 2

Fannie Lou Hamer spoke at the 1964 Democratic Convention about the brutal conditions Blacks faced while trying to vote in Mississippi.

Fannie Lou Hamer: Voice of Courage in Civil Rights

By Alaa Elassar, CNN Most of the civil rights movement’s leaders were Black male preachers with impressive degrees and big churches. Fannie Lou Hamer was a poor, uneducated Black woman who showed that a person didn’t need fancy credentials to inspire others. She was so charismatic that even the President of the United States took

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