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©2000 USM Libraries, An Oral History with Fannie Lou Hamer

These interviews were conducted on 04-14-1972 and 01-25-1973 with Mississippi civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer (1918-1977). Hamer was a leading figure in the MFDP. She is best known for her 1964 national television appearance in which she described the plight of black voters in Mississippi. Throughout this interview topics such as, her family's background, voting and trying to register, freedom summer, African American tour, and many more. These summed up the obstacles she has over come. Simplifies when, ans where she went to school. How she and her husband meet, and why, and when did she get involved with the 1964 National Democratic Party Convention. During this interview, Hamer tells the interviewer, about her trip to Africs. She states, "I saw some of the most intelligent people, you know, because I had never in my life seen where black people were running banks."

This interview is useful to my NHD project because it gives examples and details to every aspect of Fanie lou Hamer's life. It's an interview conducted on 04-14-1972 and 01-25-1973 with one the civil rights activist of that time who was wiling to be open and share her life story to the world. I admire her pride and dignity for being a leader, and never leting anyone stop her from fulfilling her dreams. She was and will always be the perfect rolemodel of today's society.