Fannie Lou Hamer
Deceased Q438438

Fannie Lou Hamer

American civil rights activist (1917–1977)

Born: October 6, 1917 (1917) · Montgomery County
Died: March 14, 1977 (1977) · Mound Bayou
Age at death: 59 years
Cause of death: heart failure
Manner of death: natural causes
Nationality United States
Occupation politician, autobiographer, political activist, sharecropper
Field of work women's rights, activism, human rights, suffrage, minority rights
Gender female

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