Fannie Lou Hamer. Image from National Portrait Gallery Collection in the Smithsonian.
Hamer speaks on Tougaloo College campus, June 1971
Fannie Lou Hamer, Victoria Gray, and Annie Devine at the U.S. Capitol
Sitting on a porch, summer 1964. Credit: USM
Fannie Lou Hamer's forced sterilization was one of the moments that launched her career as part of the state’s Civil Rights Movement.
Hamer lifts banner at the 1964 National Democratic Convention. Photograph by Fred DeVan.
Election poster for Hamer’s 1971 run for the Mississippi Senate.
Hamer in her home, summer 1964. Credit: Corbis/Steve Schapiro
After being beaten in jail, June 1963. Credit: FBI
