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In a 1965 interview with Freedomways, Hamer recounted the moment Brandon prematurely lured her into a life of sharecropping: I would like to talk about some of the things that happened that made me know that there was something wrong in the South from a child. My parents moved to Sunflower County when I was two years old. I remember, and I will nev
... See moreKeisha N. Blain • Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America
the age of forty-four, Hamer set out to let her light shine when she became a member of SNCC, working alongside many of the activists who had played such a pivotal role in her entrance into the civil rights movement.
Keisha N. Blain • Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America
Many Silents changed their views on interracial marriage over the years, while others did not
Jean M. Twenge • Generations
Year by year, Hill and his railroad organizations assembled an elaborate system of agricultural research and promotion.
Michael P. Malone • James J. Hill: Empire Builder of the Northwest (The Oklahoma Western Biographies Book 12)
rights of man,
Toni Morrison • Playing in the Dark
the wet blanket of professionalism
Nell Irvin Painter • Old In Art School: A Memoir of Starting Over
The light Hamer began to shine when she walked out of the mass meeting on August 27, 1962, illuminated the way for millions of people, from all walks of life, in the decades to follow.