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America Reframed

Fannie Lou Hamer's America | The Beginnings of an Activist

In August of 1962, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee traveled to Ruleville, Mississippi to talk to the residents about voting. In the audience was Fannie Lou Hamer. From that day forward, Mrs. Hamer became invested in voting rights for the Black people of Mississippi.