Fannie Lou Hamer A Memorial Broadcast to Celebrate the 85th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Leaders Birth. The daughter of Mississippi sharecroppers in Montgomery County, Fannie Lou Hamer was born 85 years ago yesterday on October 6, 1917. http://www.democracynow.org/2002/10/7... Hamer became involved in the civil rights movement when she volunteered to attempt to register to vote in 1962. By then 45 years old and a mother, Hamer lost her job and continually risked her life because of her civil rights activism. Despite this and a brutal beating, Hamer helped organize the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, to challenge white domination of the Mississippi Democratic Party. In 1964, the party challenged the all-white Mississippi delegation at the Democratic Convention with Hamer leading the challenge. Her voice, along with others, led to an integrated Mississippi delegation in 1968. She is buried in her hometown of Ruleville, Mississippi, where her tombstone reads, "I am sick and tired of being sick and tired". Fannie Lou Hamer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fannie_L... Fannie Lou Hamer: Woman of Courage: http://www.howard.edu/library/referen... Fannie Lou Hamer Collection (MUM00215): http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/general_... The Fannie Lou Hamer National Institute on Citizenship and ... http://www.jstor.org/pss/30036714 AN INTERVIEW WITH FANNIE LOU HAMER (1965): http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3... http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3... Fannie Lou Hamer - YouTube Play-list: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list... ............. Make a sound investment in Democracy Now! Every day, Democracy Now! delivers the hard-hitting, in-depth reporting that youve come to expect. From the ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to the coup in Honduras, Democracy Now! has been your go-to destination for information on critical issues that are ignored by the corporate media. http://www.democracynow.org/get_invol... Democracy Now! is a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. Pioneering the largest public media collaboration in the U.S., Democracy Now! is broadcast on Pacifica, NPR, community, and college radio stations; on public access, PBS, satellite television (DISH network: Free Speech TV ch. 9415 and Link TV ch. 9410; DIRECTV: Link TV ch. 375); and on the internet. DN!s podcast is one of the most popular on the web. http://www.democracynow.org/about Democracy Now! on youTube http://www.youtube.com/user/mediagrrl9 The Power of African American Women Disc 5: http://www.archive.org/details/pra_po... "Collected Speeches of Fannie Lou Hamer" Collection of several speeches made by this fiery Civil Rights activist and leader of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic party. Includes excerpts from a 1965 Berkeley interview, the documentary "The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer," a speech at the Vietnam Moratorium rally at U.C. Berkeley, and from "Profiles of Movement Activists II: Voices of the Civil Rights Movement." The Power of African American Women Disc 8: http://www.archive.org/details/pra_po... "The Power Of African-American Women" Four part program which examines the work and impact of several African-American women: Sweet Honey in the Rock, Shirley Chisholm, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Rosa Parks. Recorded 1992 Pacifica Radio Archives http://www.pacificaradioarchives.org/ "It has never been more relevant than now to explore the arena of Civil Rights. As we embark on a new era with the nation's first African American President, the Pacifica Radio Archives proudly presents a special three part series, Redefining Black Power in the Age of Obama." Search for "Fannie Lou Hamer" http://www.pacificaradioarchives.org/... grazie a grummeper |