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Born- October 6, 1917 Montgomery County Mississippi
Died- March 17, 1977

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1964- Helped organize Freedom Summer
Freedom Summer, or the Mississippi Summer Project, was a 1964 voter registration drive aimed at increasing the number of registered Black voters in Mississippi. Over 700 mostly white volunteers joined African Americans in Mississippi to fight against voter intimidation and discrimination at the polls.

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/freedom-summer

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Positive impact-She brought hundreds of college students, Black and white, to help with African American voter registration in the segregated South.

https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/fannie-lou-hamer#:~:text=In%201964%20Hamer%20helped%20organize,registration%20in%20the%20segregated%20South.

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Fannie is not here with us today but she has mad so many accomplishments. She is seen as a leader with great wisdom and Power.  I knew Fannie Lou Hamer from a Women's History Month video. The Freedom Summer program was successful in gaining national media attention not just for Mississippi, but also the entire southern disenfranchisement of African Americans

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August 31, 1962- tried to register to vote
On August 31, 1962, Hamer and 17 others attempted to vote but failed a literacy test,

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Became the vice-chair of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, which she represented at the 1964 Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey

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April 2 1917 – WWI: U.S. President Woodrow Wilson asks the United States Congress for a declaration of war on Germany. April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany. April 8 (N.S.) (March 26, O.S.) – In Petrograd, 40,000 ethnic Estonians demand national autonomy within Russia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1917#:~:text=April%202%20%E2%80%93%20WWI%3A%20U.S.%20President,demand%20national%20autonomy%20within%20Russia

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In 1964, Hamer’s national reputation soared as she co-founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), which challenged the local Democratic Party’s efforts to block Black participation. Hamer and other MFDP members went to the Democratic National Convention that year, arguing to be recognized as the official delegation.

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the 20th and last child of sharecroppers Lou Ella and James Townsend. She grew up in poverty, and at age six Hamer joined her family picking cotton. By age 12, she left school to work.
She was passionate, had a strong voice for civil rights and voting rights. A leader who never let her guard down. She talked with white politicians, was on talk shows, and when too court with her head held high. Got arrested because she wanted change to happen but not only for herself, but for her people as well.

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Fannie Lou Hamer Testifies | Freedom Summer 1964 | MPB