The Tragic Real-Life Story Of Fannie Lou Hamer

When you hear stories about the civil rights movement in the '50s and '60s, it mainly revolves around figures like Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Rosa Parks, and Medgar and Myrlie Evers. But did you ever hear about Fannie Lou Hammer? She wasn’t just a civil rights activist. Hammer was a voting and women’s rights activist as well as a community organizer. She was the founder of the Freedom Democratic Party and was the co-founder of the National Women’s Political Caucus. But her path to register and help thousands of African-Americans in Mississippi to become registered voters was met with threats, extortion, and assaults. She faced a lot of tragedy and setbacks in her quest to gain equality and freedom during the civil rights movement. Let's take a look. #FannieLouHamer #CivilRights #Tragic Early troubles | 0:00 Forced sterilization | 1:33 Activist | 2:58 Systematic oppression | 4:16 Police brutality | 5:27 The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party | 6:38 Rejecting tokenism | 7:53 Candidate | 8:39 Economic equality | 9:37 Voting rights advocate | 10:51 I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired | 11:47 Read Full Article: https://www.grunge.com/268044/the-tra...