Early life
She was born in 1917 in this southern state.
What is Mississippi?
Hamer became active after trying to register to do this.
What is vote
Hamer gave powerful testimony at this 1964 national political event.
What is the 1964 Democratic National Convention?
Hamer worked closely with this famous civil rights leader, known for his “I Have a Dream” speech.
Who is MLKJ
Before becoming an activist, Hamer worked as this on a plantation.
What is a sharecropper?
This organization recruited her to fight for voting rights.
What is the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)?
She famously said, “I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired.”
Who is Fannie Lou Hamer?
She helped pass this major 1965 law protecting voting rights.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
She was the youngest of 20 children in her family.
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She was fired from her job for attempting to do this civic duty.
What is registering to vote?
Her speech was about being beaten in jail in this Mississippi town.
What is Winona?
She co-founded a program to help poor families grow their own food called this.
What is the Freedom Farm Cooperative?
She grew up during this period of racial segregation laws in the South.
Jim Crow Law
Hamer helped found this political party to challenge segregation.
What is the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party?
Her testimony was broadcast on national television and shocked this country.
What is the united states'
Hamer received this type of recognition after her death for her civil rights work.
What is national recognition/honors?
As a child, she started picking cotton at just this young age.
What is 6 years old
She fought for this major right that many Black Americans were denied in the South.
What is the right to vote?
Her speech pressured this political party to confront segregation.
What is the Democratic Party?
She is remembered as a powerful leader in this movement.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?