Fannie Lou Hamer

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Fannie Lou Hamer was a prominent American civil rights leader and voting rights activist known for her powerful grassroots organizing in Mississippi and her role in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.

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Fannie Lou Hamer canonical 23
Fannie Lou Townsend 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American political activist
civil rights activist
human
voting rights activist
advocatedFor Black political representation
economic justice
women’s rights
arrestedFor attempting to register to vote in Mississippi
birthName Fannie Lou Hamer self-linksurface differs
surface form: Fannie Lou Townsend
causeOfDeath breast cancer
coFounderOf Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1917-10-06
dateOfDeath 1977-03-14
education limited formal schooling due to sharecropping labor
employer Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
ethnicGroup African American
familyName Hamer
founded Freedom Farm Cooperative
Pig Bank project in Mississippi
fullName Fannie Lou Hamer self-link
givenName Fannie
hasMotto "I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired"
honoredBy Fannie Lou Hamer National Institute on Citizenship and Democracy
knownFor phrase "I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired"
testimony at the 1964 Democratic National Convention
marriageStart 1944
memberOf Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
movement Black freedom struggle in the United States
American civil rights movement
surface form: Civil rights movement
notableFor civil rights movement in the United States
grassroots organizing in Mississippi
voting rights activism
numberOfChildren 2 (adopted)
occupation civil rights leader
community organizer
sharecropper
participatedIn 1964 Freedom Summer campaign
placeOfBirth Montgomery County, Mississippi, United States
placeOfDeath Mound Bayou, Mississippi, United States
politicalParty Democratic Party
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
religion Baptist
residence Ruleville, Mississippi, United States
spouse Perry Hamer
subjectOf biography "This Little Light of Mine: The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer"
wasBeaten Winona, Mississippi jail in 1963
workedOn Freedom Summer
surface form: Freedom Summer 1964

challenging segregationist Mississippi delegation at 1964 DNC
voter registration drives in Mississippi

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American civil rights movement keyFigure Fannie Lou Hamer
Fannie Lou Hamer fullName Fannie Lou Hamer self-link
Fannie Lou Hamer birthName Fannie Lou Hamer self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Fannie Lou Townsend
Fannie hasNotableBearer Fannie Lou Hamer
June Jordan notableWork Fannie Lou Hamer
Hamer usedBy Fannie Lou Hamer
Hamer hasNotableBearer Fannie Lou Hamer
Ruleville, Mississippi, United States hasNotableResident Fannie Lou Hamer
subject surface form: Ruleville, Mississippi
Freedom Farm Cooperative foundedBy Fannie Lou Hamer
Freedom Farm Cooperative keyPerson Fannie Lou Hamer
Montgomery County, Mississippi, United States notablePersonAssociated Fannie Lou Hamer
subject surface form: Montgomery County, Mississippi
Montgomery County, Mississippi, United States birthplaceOf Fannie Lou Hamer
subject surface form: Montgomery County, Mississippi
Perry Hamer spouse Fannie Lou Hamer
Perry Hamer supported Fannie Lou Hamer
Victoria Gray associatedWith Fannie Lou Hamer
subject surface form: Victoria Gray Adams
Aaron Henry workedWith Fannie Lou Hamer