FANNIE LOU HAMER (1917-1977). American civil rights activist. Speaking as a member of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, at the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey, August 1964.
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Fannie Lou Hamer (October 6, 1917—March 14, 1977) was a civil rights activist. She fought to expand voting rights for African Americans. Fannie Lou Hamer was born in Montgomery County, Mississippi, during a time of segregation. African Americans in the…
Fannie Lou Hamer was a political activist from Montgomery County, Mississippi. She spent much of her time working with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, a group of students who worked …
Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) 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. In 1964, working with the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Hamer helped organize the 1964 Freedom Summer African American voter registration drive in […]
Fannie Lou Hamer {1917-1977} was born in Mississippi, the twentieth child of sharecroppers. She became a civil rights activist working with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), vigilantly working to expand voter registration. She survived brutal treatment, from forced sterilization to a vicious beating after being arrested for sitting in a “whites only” section at a bus station restaurant. Hamer co-founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party in 1964 in response to the Democratic Party’s efforts to block Black participation. She worked tirelessly for civil rights, women’s rights, and voters’ rights. • blank inside and measures 4.25”x5.5” folded • original linocut illustration • folded card is letterpress printed in reflex blue ink on 100% cotton paper • accompanied by an A2 steel blue envelope Please choose if you’d like this shipped packaged in a cello sleeve or no cello sleeve. We’re trying to cut our plastic use, but we know sometimes you need it. :)
Fannie Lou Hamer was born in 1917, the 20th child of Lou Ella and James Lee Townsend, sharecroppers east of the Mississippi Delta.
Fannie Lou Hamer is specifically written to meet the needs of adolescents and adults who are reluctant readers. The photographs, maps, and illustrations reflect the text, making the words easy to decode. This high-interest, low-vocabulary biography is ideal for English as a Second Language or adult basic education students. Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) grew up in the South at the time of the Jim Crow laws. \"Sick and tired\" of being treated like a second-class citizen, Hamer overcame social and political barriers. She dedicated her life to rallying for equal rights and voting rights for black people.
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Digital print honoring Fannie Lou Hamer, Be inconvenient, part of the perSISTERS series. I've been tired so long, now I am sick and tired of being sick and tired, and we want change. I print these on my Epson large format archival inkjet printer in my home studio. I trim and package it in a crystal clear sleeve with cardboard backing and information included in the sleeve, on the back. You can custom order a larger print that I ship in a tube. The smaller pieces are printed offset lithography in the USA. 8 x 10 offset prints are sheets trimmed from previous calendars. Canvases are printed by a third party, stretched and ready to hang, and you should allow 7-10 days for delivery. Fannie Lou Hamer (October 6, 1917–March 14, 1977) It was inconvenient to the racist white establishment of Mississippi when Hamer decided, at the age of 45, that she wanted to register to vote. She was prevented by an arbitrary literacy test and then fired by her boss (“we’re not ready for that in Mississippi”) and kicked out of her house and shot at by white supremacists. She failed the test a second time. On the third time she passed, but when she went to vote she was told she needed to have two poll tax receipts. She eventually did pay for the receipts and it was inconvenient that she finally did vote. The Voting Rights Act was passed to prevent such voter suppression. (See DISSENT honoring RBG) It was inconvenient that Hamer had no sense. “I guess if I’d had any sense, I’d have been a little scared—but what was the point of being scared? The only thing they could do was kill me, and it kinda seemed like they’d been trying to do that a little bit at a time since I could remember.” (This fearlessness reminds me of Harriet Tubman’s) It was inconvenient that Hamer had returned to Mississippi after attending a pro-citizenship conference in South Carolina. She was arrested and it took her a month to not-fully recover from the beating the police gave her. It was inconvenient that she never recovered because it proved the brutality of the white people in power there. It was inconvenient that Hamer was so gifted at organizing voter registration drives like the Freedom Summer. It was inconvenient that Hamer was so good at hosting and nurturing activists of all colors. It was inconvenient that Hamer could quote a Bible passage to support every social justice initiative she embraced. It was inconvenient when Hamer co-founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party to contest the legitimacy of the all-white “official delegation” to the 1964 Democratic convention from that state. It was so inconvenient that President Lyndon Johnson had to interrupt the broadcast of her testimony to the credentials committee. He was afraid of it looking like the “Negroes” were taking over the Democratic party platform, and that too many scared white people would vote Republican. (Sound familiar?) After this election the racial alignment of the parties did shift, starting in the South. In 1971 it was inconvenient that Hamer co-founded the National Women’s Political Caucus, created “to increase the number of women in all aspects of political life—as elected and appointed officials, as judges in state and federal courts, and as delegates to national conventions.” More than anything else, it was inconvenient that Hamer told her story so eloquently, authentically, and clearly. It was inconvenient that people couldn’t ignore her words. “…but if I can’t tell the truth—just tell me to sit down—because I have to tell it like it is.” At her funeral service in 1977 Andrew Young said, “None of us would be where we are today had she not been here then.” Here are my sources and some really great resources: Film, “This Little Light of Mine, The Legacy of Fannie Lou Hamer” https://www.fannielou.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fannie_Lou_Hamer http://www.crmvet.org/docs/flh64.htm https://timeline.com/hamer-speech-voting-rights-d5f6ddc7470a This is a very interesting text laying out the racial politics in the US during the 1964 election. It has everything to do with what we are seeing now: https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2001/spring/lbj-and-white-backlash-1.html
Hamer’s bold message to “get up and try to do something” was one that all Americans committed to change needed to hear in 1964.
Faye Butler as Fannie Lou Hamer bounds onto the stage with weighty purpose in her stride. We register her gait subliminally as both telegraphing more than avera
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Book Synopsis Fannie Lou Hamer is specifically written to meet the needs of adolescents and adults who are reluctant readers. The photographs, maps, and illustrations reflect the text, making the words easy to decode. This high-interest, low-vocabulary biography is ideal for English as a Second Language or adult basic education students. Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) grew up in the South at the time of the Jim Crow laws. "Sick and tired" of being treated like a second-class citizen, Hamer overcame social and political barriers. She dedicated her life to rallying for equal rights and voting rights for black people.
Fannie Lou Hamer notebook/journal • Large size notebook • cover is letterpress printed in teal blue ink with original linocut illustration on 100# starch mint paper • 72 blank 100% recycled pages• interior is perfect bound on the left, then glued and finished in our studio • measures 4.5”x7” with two rounded corners Fannie Lou Hamer {1917-1977} was born in Mississippi, the twentieth child of sharecroppers. She became a Civil Rights activist working with Student Nonviolent Committee (SNCC) vigilantly working to expand voter registration. She survived brutal treatment, from forced sterilization to a vicious beating after being arrested for sitting in a “whites only” section at a bus station restaurant. Hamer co-founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party in 1964 in response to the Democratic Party’s efforts to block Black participation. She worked tirelessly for civil rights, women’s rights, and voter’s rights.
Fannie Lou Hamer was born in 1917, the 20th child of Lou Ella and James Lee Townsend, sharecroppers east of the Mississippi Delta.
Like virtually all African Americans who grew up in Mississippi during the first half of the 20th century, Fannie Lou Hamer endured many injustices in her life. Some went beyond…
