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Fannie Lou Hamer rose from humble beginnings to become one of the most powerful voices of the civil and voting rights movements for African Americans.
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February is Black History Month.
Fannie Lou Hamer, a poor Mississippi sharecropper with a sixth-grade education, faced down white supremacists and challenged President Lyndon Johnson and other national leaders to secure voting rights for all Americans during the 1960s.
The work of elite, well-educated men dominated leadership roles in the civil rights movement, and their lives and stories remain the focus of much of civil rights history.
Hamer reminds us that at a movement’s center sits unlikely leaders, forged through difficult circumstances and who tap into their unique gifts to face the challenges posed at critical crossroads. She used her anger, her courage, her faith, and unwavering commitment to battle entrenched racism and bigotry. Using recently opened FBI records, secret Oval Office tapes, new interviews, and more, Kate Clifford Larson will share fresh details from her highly acclaimed biography "Walk With Me" about Hamer’s determination to make her light shine and bring revolutionary change to America.
Presenter and Author: Kate Clifford Larson Ph.D. is the "New York Times" Best-Selling Author of "Walk With Me: A Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer" (Oxford, 2021), named one of the Best Biographies of 2021 by Kirkus; "Bound For the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero" (2004); "Harriet Tubman: A Reference Guide to Her Life and Works" (2022); "Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter" (2015); and "The Assassin's Accomplice: Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln" (2008). She is the consulting Historian for film, print, exhibits and Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State and National Park, and Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway and All-American Road, Eastern Shore, MD; and Harriet Tubman Home and National Park, Auburn, NY.
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EVENT TYPE: | Virtual | Lecture | History | Author Talk |
TAGS: | Black History Month | #BlackHistoryMonth |
