Almost 60 years ago, Fannie ... in the American Civil Rights Movement," stated its website. Multiple markers can be found throughout Mississippi. In 1961, a white doctor gave Hamer a hysterectomy ...

Fannie Lou Hamer was born in ... sterilization was one of the moments that set Hamer on the path to the forefront of the Mississippi Civil Rights movement, but the incident that brought her ...

Mississippian civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer was awarded the Presidential ... the most important voices in the Civil Rights Movement. Doris Hamer Richardson, the niece of Hamer's husband ...

Fannie Lou Hamer's fight for voting rights in 1964 remains relevant today as states continue to enact voter suppression tactics. While Black political representation has increased, many elected ...

The Fannie Lou Hamer Farm Project is a student-led initiative focused on “Black wellness and land-based learning and healing” ...

Fannie Lou Hamer was born in ... sterilization was one of the moments that set Hamer on the path to the forefront of the Mississippi Civil Rights movement, but the incident that brought her ...