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Hello, my name is Fannie Lou Hamer, I was born on October 6, 1917. #160;I am the youngest of my brothers and I have had many difficulties in my life. I am an American women's rights and voting activist, community organizer, and leader. in the civil rights movement. I am the co-founder and vice president of the Freedom Democratic Party, which I represented at the 1964 Democratic National Convention. Hamer also organized Mississippi Freedom Summer in conjunction with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). I was also a co-founder of the National Women's Political Caucus, an organization created to recruit, train, and support women of all races who wish to run for government office.
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She organized some strikes for the black workers who harvested cotton and furs so that the residents would have access to better food.
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In 1962 I went to the courthouse in Indianola and booked 17 people. This was at a time when African citizens needed to take a literature test to register to vote.
In 1962, after a demonstration, she was arrested and in jail she suffered a very strong beating that the girls from the prison hurt her very hard, she was left with a damaged kidney and a blood clot in her eye.
In 1964 she ran for congress but he taught everyone that the Mississippi system had a system of racism.
Fannie Lou Hamer died on March 14, 1977 (59 years old)She sadly died of breast cancer.

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