Birthday
1917/10/06
Day of death
1977/03/14 (59 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Mississippi, USA
Also know as
Fannie Lou Townsend Hamer
Fannie Lou Hamer was an American voting and women's rights activist, community organizer, and a leader in the civil rights movement. She was the co-founder and vice-chair of the Freedom Democratic Party, which she represented at the 1964 Democratic National Convention
(2014) Freedom Summer
as Self (archive footage)
(2022) Fannie Lou Hamer’s America
as Narrator (voice) / Self (archive footage)
(1968) The Heritage of Slavery - Of Black America
as Self
(1963) We'll Never Turn Back
as Self
(1994) Freedom on My Mind
as Self - Freedom Democratic Party (archive footage)