Fannie Lou Hamer: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Replaced expired media. May 01, 2026
Anniversary information added. Mar 10, 2026
Anniversary information added. Oct 02, 2025
Add new Web site: Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights - Fannie Lou Hamer: An Activist for Civil Rights and Women�s Rights. Mar 11, 2025
Noted that she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Jan 06, 2025
Cross-reference added. Sep 10, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Apr 22, 2024
Add new Web site: Mississippi Encyclopedia - Fannie Lou Hamer. Jan 12, 2024
Links added. Nov 30, 2023
Add new Web site: Mississippi Historical Society - Fannie Lou Hamer: Civil Rights Activist. Nov 21, 2023
Add new Web site: Black History in America - Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer. Sep 22, 2023
Add new Web site: National Endowment for the Humanities - �The Sweat and Blood of Fannie Lou Hamer�. May 29, 2023
Add new Web site: National Women's History Museum - Fannie Lou Hamer. Jul 31, 2022
Article revised and updated. Mar 10, 2020
Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Corporation - American Experience - Fannie Lou Hamer. Oct 24, 2014
Add new Web site: Stanford University - The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute - Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer. Oct 24, 2014
Add new Web site: BlackPast - Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer. Mar 19, 2014
Add new Web site: African American Registry - Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer. Mar 19, 2014
Add new Web site: National Women's Hall of Fame - Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer. Aug 23, 2013
Add new Web site: National Women's History Museum - Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer. Aug 23, 2013
Media added. Feb 06, 2008
Article revised. Feb 08, 1999
New article added. Jul 20, 1998
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