Fannie Lou Hamer was an American voting rights activist and civil rights leader. She was instrumental in organizing Mississippi Freedom Summer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and later became the Vice-Chair of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, attending the 1964 Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in that capacity. Her plain-spoken manner and fervent belief in the Biblical righteousness of her cause gained her a reputation as an electrifying speaker and constant activist of civil rights.
The series is designed to examine African American history and engage the community in dialogue about an
issue that impacts past, present, and future generations.
This event is free and open to the public.
For more information, contact the AAAS Community
Extension Center at 292-3922 or visithttp://aaascec.osu.edu