← Back

No Image

Fannie Lou Hamer

Born: 1917-10-06 • Mississippi, USA

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

Filmography
Fannie Lou Hamer’s America poster
Fannie Lou Hamer’s America
2022 • Narrator (voice) / Self (archive footage)
Freedom Summer poster
Freedom Summer
2014 • Self (archive footage)
Freedom on My Mind poster
Freedom on My Mind
1994 • Self - Freedom Democratic Party (archive footage)
The Heritage of Slavery - Of Black America poster
The Heritage of Slavery - Of Black America
1968 • Self
We'll Never Turn Back poster
We'll Never Turn Back
1963 • Self