SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Fannie Lou Hamer

1917 - 1977

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Fannie Lou Hamer (; née Townsend; October 6, 1917 – March 14, 1977) was an American voting and women's rights activist, community organizer, and a leader in the civil rights movement. She was the vice-chair of the Freedom Democratic Party, which she represented at the 1964 Democratic National Convention. Hamer also organized Mississippi's Freedom Summer along with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fannie Lou Hamer has received more than 2,089,818 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Fannie Lou Hamer is the 662nd most popular social activist (down from 555th in 2019), the 12,824th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,778th in 2019) and the 109th most popular American Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Fannie Lou Hamer ranks 662 out of 840. Before her are Jacqueline Moudeina, Samuel Gompers, Henrietta Edwards, Anthony Dod Mantle, Derek Chauvin, and Fartuun Adan. After her are Frank Kameny, Tarana Burke, Maryam Namazie, Randa Siniora, Siti Musdah Mulia, and Susana Trimarco.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Fannie Lou Hamer ranks 338. Before her are Margo, Jacob Lawrence, Ellis Clarke, Barbara Burke, John Fitch, and Kamal Ranadive. After her are Hans Conried, Mervyn Wood, Dezső Lemhényi, Adele Jergens, Irving Kaplansky, and Bill Clements. Among people deceased in 1977, Fannie Lou Hamer ranks 276. Before her are Norman Thomas Gilroy, Alexander Bustamante, Grațian Sepi, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Dorothy Davenport, and Allison Hayes. After her are MacKinlay Kantor, Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe, John L. McClellan, Roop Singh, Tom C. Clark, and Brian McGuire.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Fannie Lou Hamer ranks 12,824 out of 20,380. Before her are Mary Kay Bergman (1961), Vin Scully (1927), Beth Behrs (1985), Larry Craig (1945), Nicholas Gilman (1755), and Justin Roiland (1980). After her are Mitch Albom (1958), Colton Haynes (1988), Joe Exotic (1963), Ashley Laurence (1966), Karen Joy Fowler (1950), and Samuel Goldwyn Jr. (1926).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Fannie Lou Hamer ranks 109. Before her are Lucy Burns (1879), Angelina Grimké (1805), Phoebe Hearst (1842), Norma McCorvey (1947), Bobby Henderson (1980), and Derek Chauvin (1976). After her are Frank Kameny (1925), Tarana Burke (1973), Gloria Allred (1941), Ruthie Tompson (1910), Juliette Gordon Low (1860), and Wendell Phillips (1811).

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