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October 6: Activist, Fannie Lou Hamer was born in Montgomery County, Mississippi.
By Sentinel News Service
Published October 6, 2021

October 6, 1917 – Political activist Fannie Lou Hamer born.

October 6: Activist, Fannie Lou Hamer was born in Montgomery County, Mississippi. Hamer was a civil rights activist who helped African Americans register to vote and co-founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party in 1964.

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