Growing up
Where was F.L.H born?
Sunflower County, Mississippi
In what grade did she stop going to school to work in the fields?
6th grade
What surgery did FLH originally go in for when the surgeon ALSO removed her reproductive system?
A growth (tumor) removal.
"In 1961 a doctor tricked me into an operation supposedly to remove a growth."
"I reckon i was .....
a showoff."
What were the names of the Freedom Schools students that were killed by the Ku Klux Klan?
Michael Schwerner
James Chaney
Andrew Goodman
(for nosing in church firebombings)
How many siblings did FLH have?
19 (youngest of 20)
What song would Fannie sing after she'd been placed on the kitchen table?
"This little light of mine"
Where did FLH take her literacy test to register to vote?
Indianola, Mississippi
" Songs that would really sank down in me, powerful message songs."
Who is FLH referring to?
Her mothers singing
What was the name of the pig bank and Head Start program that was started by FLH?
The Freedom Farm
What did the plantation owner do when FLH mother gave birth to her?
He gave her $50 for "producing" a future field hand.
What specific word did Fannie have to spell at a spelling bee that she wrote a short story about?
"Fair"
Because she used her gift of singing to "fire up rallies" Mrs. FLH was given this specific name by the people...
The Spirit of the Civil Rights movement
"If the Freedom Democratic Party is not seated now, I question America. Is this America, the land of the free and the home of the brave?
Where was FLH when she said this?
The 1964 Democratic National Convention
Atlantic City, New Jersey
What famous singer did FLH travel all the way to Guinea with?
Harry Belafonte
When was FLH born?
October 6, 1917
How many pounds per week , did Fannie pick at the age of 13?
300 lbs /week
SNCC stands for.....
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
"That law may have taken my womb, but no one was gonna take my voice."
What law was she referring to ?
"A Mississippi law at the time said that poor folks had no business making babies."
Along with FLH , who were the first black women to sit in Congress on the House floor?
Annie Devine
Victoria Adams
How old was FLH when she was forced to start picking cotton?
6 years old
What happened when FLH father was able to buy a wagon, plow, three mules, and two cows?
Hint," It knocked us right back down to doggone, dirt-poor doing-without." -FLH
A white neighbor poisoned the livestock.
What happened to Medgar Evers on the day FLH was bailed out of jail (for ordering food at a whites only lunch counter days prior)?
He was slain in his driveway
(for teaching young black people their rights)
" ...a phony charge if i ever hear done."
What charge was Mrs. FLH speaking about?
"A policeman stopped our bus to arrest the driver on account of the yellow bus looked too much like a school bus--"
In 1969 Tugaloo College awarded Mrs. FLH with this honorary degree...
Doctorate