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Fannie Lou Hamer

Known for
Acting
Born
October 6, 1917
Died
March 14, 1977 (aged 59)
Birthplace
Mississippi, USA
IMDb

Biography

Fannie Lou Hamer was an American voting and women's rights activist, community organizer, and a leader in the civil rights movement. She was the co-founder and vice-chair of the Freedom Democratic Party, which she represented at the 1964 Democratic National Convention

Known For

Freedom on My Mind poster

Freedom on My Mind

Freedom Summer poster

Freedom Summer

Fannie Lou Hamer's America poster

Fannie Lou Hamer's America

The Heritage of Slavery - Of Black America poster

The Heritage of Slavery - Of Black America

We'll Never Turn Back poster

We'll Never Turn Back

Of the People: The Women of the Civil Rights Movement poster

Of the People: The Women of the Civil Rights Movement

An Army Rising Up poster

An Army Rising Up

Filmography

2026
Of the People: The Women of the Civil Rights Movement poster

Of the People: The Women of the Civil Rights Movement

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2024
An Army Rising Up poster

An Army Rising Up

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2022
Fannie Lou Hamer's America poster

Fannie Lou Hamer's America

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2014
Freedom Summer poster

Freedom Summer

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1994
Freedom on My Mind poster

Freedom on My Mind

Movie · as Self - Freedom Democratic Party (archive footage)

1968
The Heritage of Slavery - Of Black America poster

The Heritage of Slavery - Of Black America

Movie · as Self

1963
We'll Never Turn Back poster

We'll Never Turn Back

Movie · as Self

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