October 6th is Fannie Lou Hamer Day!!!"Fannie Lou Hamer was born on October 6, 1917, in Montgomery County, Mississippi. In 1944, she met civil rights activists who encouraged blacks to register to vote, and soon became active in helping. Hamer also worked for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, which fought racial segregation and injustice in the South. In 1964, she helped found the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Hamer died in 1977." Thank you Ms. Hamer for all of your contributions and inspiration! Please click the link below and learn more about Fannie Lou Hamer. :-)
http://www.biography.com/people/fannie-lou-hamer-205625
"I am sick and tired of being sick and tired." - Fannie Lou Hamer
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