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Fannie Lou Hamer

1917 - 1977

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Fannie Lou Hamer (; née Townsend; October 6, 1917 – March 14, 1977) was an American voting and women's rights activist, community organizer, and leader of the civil rights movement. She was the vice-chair of the Freedom Democratic Party, which she represented at the 1964 Democratic National Convention. Hamer also organized Mississippi's Freedom Summer along with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). She was a co-founder of the National Women's Political Caucus, an organization created to recruit, train, and support women of all races who sought election to government offices. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fannie Lou Hamer is the 654th most popular social activist (up from 664th in 2019), the 12,235th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,832nd in 2019) and the 107th most popular American Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Fannie Lou Hamer ranks 654 out of 840. Before her are Jared Taylor, Norma Cruz, William Smith O'Brien, Jadav Payeng, Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, and Medha Patkar. After her are Harry Hay, Samuel Gompers, Wang Dan, Nirmala Deshpande, Phoebe Hearst, and Edvin Kanka Cudic.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Fannie Lou Hamer ranks 332. Before her are W. T. Tutte, Elyse Knox, Leonard Chess, Merle Travis, Adele Jergens, and Walter Lord. After her are Arthur Laurents, Laurie Scott, Margo, Audrey Totter, Ramanand Sagar, and Irving Kaplansky. Among people deceased in 1977, Fannie Lou Hamer ranks 272. Before her are Alexander Bustamante, Andy Auld, Sonja Åkesson, Billy Gonsalves, Alan Reed, and Alberto Rodriguez Larreta. After her are Freddie Prinze, Gertrude Abercrombie, Sleepy John Estes, Alfred Lunt, Dorothy Davenport, and Gertrude Astor.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Fannie Lou Hamer ranks 12,238 out of 20,380. Before her are Renée Richards (1934), Walter Lord (1917), Ted Demme (1963), Dana Vollmer (1987), Lydia Lunch (1959), and Hugh Marlowe (1911). After her are Chris Frantz (1951), Troy Ruttman (1930), Edward Andrews (1914), Ryan Hurst (1976), James Johnson (1987), and Michael Cooper (1956).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Fannie Lou Hamer ranks 107. Before her are Lillian Wald (1867), Frank Kameny (1925), Lucy Burns (1879), Karen Silkwood (1946), Ryan White (1971), and Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin (1842). After her are Phoebe Hearst (1842), Mario Savio (1942), Juliette Gordon Low (1860), Rachel Corrie (1979), Amelia Boynton Robinson (1911), and Bobby Henderson (1980).

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