“The only thing they could do to me was to kill me, and it seemed like they'd been trying to do that a little bit at a time ever since I could remember.”

About Fannie Lou Hamer

Activist • American

Fannie Lou Hamer was a prominent American voting and women's rights activist, community organizer, and a leader in the civil rights movement. She co-founded and served as the vice-chair of the Freedom Democratic Party,...