Political Party-Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Archives •

Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977)

Fannie Lou Hamer was a grass-roots civil rights activist whose life exemplified resistance in rural Mississippi to oppressive conditions. Born on October 6, 1917 in Montgomery County, Mississippi, to a family of sharecroppers, she was the youngest of Lou Ella and Jim Townsend’s twenty children. Her family moved to … Read MoreFannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977)

Charles Sherrod (1937 – 2022)

Charles Sherrod was a key civil rights leader in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) whose leadership led to the Albany Movement in southwest Georgia. Born in extreme poverty to his fourteen-year old mother in 1937 in Surry, Virginia, he worked to help support six … Read MoreCharles Sherrod (1937 – 2022)

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Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977)

Charles Sherrod (1937 – 2022)