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Our latest collection of Fannie Lou Hamer quotes that will inspire you to remain committed to all struggles you believe in. On August 31, 1962, not long after attending a voting rights meeting organized by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Hamer joined 17 of her neighbors on a bus to Indianola, the county seat. The damage done to Hamer’s eyes, legs, and kidneys would affect her for the rest of her life.When the activists did not check in with the SNCC office that afternoon, organizers knew they were in trouble. Hamer was elected vice chair of the integrated delegation, which consisted of 64 black members and four white members.The MFDP’s goal was to persuade the convention’s Credentials Committee to seat them as Mississippi representatives.
Fannie Lou Hamer was an African-American civil rights activist who led voting drives and helped establish the National Women’s Political Caucus.
Pap drove Hamer and their daughters to Tallahatchie County, where they stayed with rural relatives for some time before returning to Sunflower County, ready to take up the fight.Her singing on the bus and her willingness to challenge the county registrar had been noticed by local organizers, and SNCC field secretary Bob Moses saw her as a potential leader.
She would also become involved in relief work, distributing donated food and clothes to the poorest Delta residents.
She first joined her family in …