Fannie Lou Hamer was an African American civil rights activist, cofounder (in 1964), and vice-chairperson of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), which was established as an alternative to the all-white Mississippi Democratic Party. Her book,
Fannie Lou Hamer worked for voter registration for African Americans in the U.S. South and helped establish the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), which successfully challenged the all-white Democratic party in Mississippi. Hamer was born October 6, 1917, in Montgomery County, Mississippi...