Leffler, Warren K, photographer. Fannie Lou Hamer, Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party delegate, at the Democratic National Convention, Atlantic City, New Jersey, August/ WKL. Atlantic City New Jersey, 1964. Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsc-01267.
Saturday Webinar: Fannie Lou Hamer
Our April Saturday Webinar was about 20th Century American social and political activist and reformer Fannie Lou Hamer. This program took place on 10 April 2021 at 11am ET.
Panelists:
- Dr. Chris Burkett, Ashland University
- Dr. Sarah Beth Kitch, University of Missouri
- Dr. Jay Green, Covenant College
Suggested Readings:
- Testimony Before Congress, Fannie Lou Hamer, 1964
- Voting Rights Speech, Lyndon Johnson, 1965
- What Have We To Hail?, Fannie Lou Hamer, 1968
- America Is a Sick Place…, Fannie Lou Hamer, 1970
- Alabama Literacy Test (Original)
Readings and Resources Mentioned in the Live Program:
- The Speeches of Fannie Lou Hamer: To Tell it Like It Is
- American Prophets: Seven Religious Radicals and Their Struggle for Social and Political Justice
- God’s Long Summer: Stories of Faith and Civil Rights
- A Stone of Hope: Prophetic Religion and the Death of Jim Crow
- 1977: A Poem for Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer
- PBS – The Black Church
