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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 1,987,831 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Fannie Lou Hamer is the 555th most popular social activist, the 11,805th most popular biography from United States and the 91st most popular American Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Fannie Lou Hamer ranks 555 out of 538. Before her are Asma Jahangir, Samuel Gompers, Lydia Cacho, Arthur Scargill, Ashin Wirathu, and Emily Murphy. After her are Felix Nartey, Roman Protasevich, Rajmohan Gandhi, Mari Beyleryan, Stanislav Markelov, and Jón Páll Sigmarsson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Fannie Lou Hamer ranks 299. Before her are Jack Lynch, Robert Merrill, Audrey Totter, Denis Healey, W. T. Tutte, and Laurie Scott. After her are Hans Conried, Barbara Burke, Irving Kaplansky, Ellis Clarke, Virginia Field, and Lucille Bremer. Among people deceased in 1977, Fannie Lou Hamer ranks 238. Before her are Sonja Åkesson, Guy Lombardo, Richard Carlson, Freddie Prinze, Alexander Bustamante, and Norman Thomas Gilroy. After her are Allison Hayes, Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Brian McGuire, MacKinlay Kantor, and Charlotte Greenwood.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Fannie Lou Hamer ranks 11,805 out of 18,182. Before her are Guinevere Turner (1968), Philip Carey (1925), Zina Garrison (1963), Walt Hansgen (1919), Lew Cody (1884), and John Powell (1947). After her are Jeff Baxter (1948), Eddie Deezen (1957), Elliott Abrams (1948), Martha Reeves (1941), James Buchli (1945), and Jimmy McHugh (1894).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Fannie Lou Hamer ranks 91. Before her are Mario Savio (1942), Roger Stone (1952), Frank Kameny (1925), Rachel Corrie (1979), Lucy Burns (1879), and Mary McLeod Bethune (1875). After her are Dorothy Height (1912), Derek Chauvin (1976), Matthew Shepard (1976), Tarana Burke (1973), Edith Windsor (1929), and Bobby Henderson (1980).

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