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Primary source documents related to voting rights activist and civil rights leader, Fannie Lou Hamer.
Additional Information:
Fannie Lou Hamer was instrumental in organizing Mississippi Freedom Summer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and later became the Vice-Chair of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. The collection includes correspondence, financial records, programs, photographs, newspaper articles, invitations, and other printed items. The papers are arranged in the following series: Personal, Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Freedom Farms Corporation, Delta Ministry, Mississippians United to Elect Negro Candidates, Delta Opportunities Corporation, and Collected Materials.
Coverage: 1966-1978
Vendor: Gale
Producer: Amistad Research Center
Interlibrary Loan Type: Not Permitted
Simultaneous User Limit: unlimited simultaneous users