Note from the author: This article is comprised of quotes from many different articles in order to provide a more comprehensive view of the life and legacy of Fannie Lou Hamer’s fight for civil and equal right and African American women’s suffrage. All sources are linked in green throughout the article. See below source list at bottom of article for more information on the #VRABlackHistory Series.
Yesterday, February 19th, 2025, we honored Fannie Lou Hamer, a seminal figure in the fight for African American voting rights and political power in the 1960’s. Hamer “was a civil rights activist whose passionate depiction of her own suffering in a racist society helped focus attention on the plight of African-Americans throughout the South.”
