Hamer,Fannie Lou

Hamer,Fannie Lou
Ha·mer (hāʹmər), Fannie Lou. 1917-1977.
American civil rights activist. In 1962 she was violently attacked and imprisoned for challenging Mississippi's discriminatory voting laws.

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