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    This album contains primary sources connected with the picture book Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by Carole Boston Weatherford. An accompanying blog post that gives a suggestion on how to use some of these resources with students will be posted in the Links section of this group shortly.

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    Fannie Lou Hamer Tells Her Story (1963)
    Testimony Before the Credentials Committee, Democratic National Convention; Atlantic City, New Jersey - August 22, 1964
    Fannie Lou Hamer Interview (1965)
    Interview with Fannie Lou Hamer (1968)
    A clip of students demonstrating against the Vietnam War including a short speech by Fannie Lou Hamer, August 7, 1971.
    The Robert MacNeil Report; July 14, 1976
    The Detroit tribune., December 21, 1963, Page 1, Image 1
    The Detroit tribune., June 15, 1963, Page 1, Image 1
    An article from Memphis World reporting Hamer’s thoughts on medical care for African Americans, May 9, 1964.Screen Shot 2018-08-06 at 11.35.23 PM.png
    An article from Memphis World about Hamer being refused a place on the ballot at the Democratic National Convention, October 31, 1964.
    An excerpt from a FBI file record detailing the arrest of Hamer and five others for trying to use a bus terminal bathroom, June 1963.
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