Fannie Lou Hamer: How The Civil Rights Icon Challenged The Status Quo

Fannie Lou Hamer: How The Civil Rights Icon Challenged The Status Quo

Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party delegate Fanny Hamer speaks out for the meeting of her delegates at a credential meeting before the formal meeting of the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 22, 1964, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. | Source: Bettmann / Getty It wasn’t called voter suppression back then, but civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer knew exactly how white authorities in Mississippi felt about Black people voting in the 1960s. …