{"id":61005,"date":"2022-11-03T00:03:42","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T04:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/?post_type=lecture&#038;p=61005"},"modified":"2024-04-30T09:27:40","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T13:27:40","slug":"fannie-lou-hamer-civil-rights-activist","status":"publish","type":"lecture","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/lecture\/fannie-lou-hamer-civil-rights-activist\/","title":{"rendered":"Fannie Lou Hamer, Civil Rights Activist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-umw-hero alignfull umw-custom-block umw-hero umw-hero--dark-text umw-hero--white umw-hero--with-no-media\"><div class=\"umw-hero__inner\"><div class=\"umw-hero__media\"><\/div><div class=\"umw-hero__title\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__title__wrapper\"><div class=\"umw-hero__eyebrow\">great lives lecture series<\/div><h1 class=\"umw-hero__title__header\">Fannie Lou Hamer, Civil Rights Activist<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-umw-hero-ctas alignfull\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links__wrapper\">\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<div class=\"wpv-view-output\" data-toolset-views-view-editor=\"a0d5c4fba877f1c0a5d9aece8f7d1ba5\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-toolset-views-view-editor wpv-gutenberg-view-wrapper-61885\">\n\n\n<div id=\"wpv-view-layout-61885-CATTRae0775ead426210a61b21125a21a6120\" class=\"js-wpv-view-layout js-wpv-layout-responsive js-wpv-view-layout-61885-CATTRae0775ead426210a61b21125a21a6120\" data-viewnumber=\"61885-CATTRae0775ead426210a61b21125a21a6120\" data-pagination=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;61885&quot;,&quot;query&quot;:&quot;normal&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:500,&quot;speed&quot;:5,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;stop_rollover&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;cache_pages&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;preload_images&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;preload_pages&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;preload_reach&quot;:1,&quot;spinner&quot;:&quot;builtin&quot;,&quot;spinner_image&quot;:&quot;\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/plugins\/toolset-blocks\/embedded\/res\/img\/ajax-loader.gif&quot;,&quot;callback_next&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;manage_history&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;has_controls_in_form&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;,&quot;infinite_tolerance&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;max_pages&quot;:1,&quot;page&quot;:1,&quot;base_permalink&quot;:&quot;\/greatlives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lecture\/61005?wpv_view_count=61885-CATTRae0775ead426210a61b21125a21a6120&amp;wpv_paged=WPV_PAGE_NUM&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;data&quot;:[],&quot;id&quot;:0}}\" data-permalink=\"\/greatlives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lecture\/61005?wpv_view_count=61885-CATTRae0775ead426210a61b21125a21a6120\">\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n          <h2 class=\"lectureDate\">Lecture Date: February 7, 2023<\/h2>\n\n<h3>The Bill and Terrie Crawley Lecture<\/h3>\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Great Lives 2023: Fannie Lou Hamer\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/797176305?h=754f2e7b65&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"533\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<div class=\"topicSummary\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/11\/Fannie-Lou-Hamer-197x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium alignright\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/11\/Fannie-Lou-Hamer-197x300.jpeg 197w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/11\/Fannie-Lou-Hamer-674x1024.jpeg 674w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/11\/Fannie-Lou-Hamer-768x1167.jpeg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/11\/Fannie-Lou-Hamer-750x1140.jpeg 750w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/11\/Fannie-Lou-Hamer.jpeg 938w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><p>Fannie Lou Hamer, a poor Mississippi sharecropper with a sixth-grade education, faced down white supremacists and challenged President Lyndon Johnson and other national civil rights leaders to secure voting rights for all Americans during the 1960s. She was an improbable leader whose beginnings gave no hint of the powerful woman she would become. 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\u2019s center sits unlikely leaders, forged through difficult circumstances and who use their unique gifts to face the challenges posed at critical crossroads. She channeled her anger, her courage, her faith, and unwavering commitment to human rights in a battle against entrenched racism and bigotry. Using recently opened FBI records, secret Oval Office tapes, new interviews, and more, Dr. Kate Clifford Larson will share fresh details from her highly acclaimed biography <i>Walk With Me<\/i> about Hamer\u2019s determination to make her light shine in the face of disabling physical abuse and death threats to bring revolutionary change to America.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/librarypoint.bibliocommons.com\/list\/share\/137247394_crrladults\/2218478449_crrl_picks_-_great_lives_2023_-_fannie_lou_hamer?_gl=1*17xm2qu*_ga*OTQ2NDU1MjAxLjE2NzMzNjA0NDM.*_ga_G99DMMNG39*MTY3Mzc0MzMwNS4yLjEuMTY3Mzc0NTMxOC4wLjAuMA..&_ga=2.53375592.1378975210.1673743305-946455201.1673360443\"> Further Reading Resource List<\/a> provided by CRRL<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"lectureSpeaker\" style=\"padding-top: 1em;\">Speaker: Kate Clifford Larson<\/h2>\n<div class=\"speakerInfo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/11\/KATE-LARSON-author-photo-PR-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail alignleft\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/11\/KATE-LARSON-author-photo-PR-2-150x150.jpg 150w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/11\/KATE-LARSON-author-photo-PR-2-50x50.jpg 50w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/11\/KATE-LARSON-author-photo-PR-2-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n<p>Dr. Kate Clifford Larson is a <i>New York Times<\/i> and <i>Wall Street Journal<\/i> best-selling author of critically acclaimed biographies, including <i>Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero<\/i>, the first deeply researched full length biography of the American icon since 1943; <i>Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter<\/i>; and <i>The Assassin's Accomplice: Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Abraham<\/i>. Her latest work, <i>Walk With Me: A Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer<\/i>, was named one of <i>Kirkus Review\u2019s<\/i> best biographies of 2021. Dr. Larson earned BA and MA degrees from Simmons College and an MBA from Northeastern University before completing her doctorate in American History and specializing in 19th and 20th century U.S. Women's and African American history at the University of New Hampshire. An historical consultant, Larson has worked on feature film scripts\u2014including Focus Features' Harriet starring prize-winning Cynthia Erivo, and Robert Redford's <i>The Conspirator<\/i>\u2014numerous documentaries, museum exhibits, public history initiatives, heritage tourism products, curriculum guides, and numerous other publications. Her award-winning work includes Maryland\u2019s <i>Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State and National Monument and Park<\/i>, the <i>Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway and All-American Road<\/i>, and the <i>Harriet Tubman Home<\/i> and <i>National Historical Park<\/i> in Auburn, NY. She has appeared on local, national, and international media outlets, including the BBC, PBS, and C-Span, cable networks, podcasts, and CBS Sunday Morning. Dr. Larson has most recently been a Brandeis Women\u2019s Studies Research Center Visiting Scholar. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband Spencer\u2014a Senior Wealth Advisor\u2014and their extended family.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"umw_cb_additional_links":[[]],"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_advisory_expires_time":"","_advisory_meta_include":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"season":[1246],"class_list":{"0":"post-61005","1":"lecture","2":"type-lecture","3":"status-publish","5":"season-1246","6":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fannie Lou Hamer, Civil Rights Activist - Great Lives<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/lecture\/fannie-lou-hamer-civil-rights-activist\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fannie Lou Hamer, Civil Rights Activist\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatlives\/lecture\/fannie-lou-hamer-civil-rights-activist\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Great Lives\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-04-30T13:27:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.umw.edu\\\/greatlives\\\/lecture\\\/fannie-lou-hamer-civil-rights-activist\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.umw.edu\\\/greatlives\\\/lecture\\\/fannie-lou-hamer-civil-rights-activist\\\/\",\"name\":\"Fannie Lou Hamer, Civil Rights Activist - 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