Fannie Lou Hamer
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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
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Freedom Summer (2014)
as Self (archive footage)

Freedom on My Mind (1994)
as Self - Freedom Democratic Party (archive footage)

We'll Never Turn Back (1963)
as Self

The Heritage of Slavery - Of Black America (1968)
as Self

Fannie Lou Hamer’s America (2022)
as Narrator (voice) / Self (archive footage)

Of the People: The Women of the Civil Rights Movement (2026)
as Self (archival)





