Fannie Lou Hamer’s America
Photos From The Film
The Organizers.
John Lewis: SNCC and Freedom Rider
Ella Baker: SCLC, SNCC, MFDP
Bob Moses: COFO, SCLC, SNCC, CORE
James Bevel: SCLC, SNCC
Annell Ponder: SCLC, SNCC
Reggie Robinson: CIG, SNCC
Lawrence Guyot: MFDP
Victoria Gray Adams: MFDP
Charles McLaurin: SNCC
Willie Smith: Freedom Rider
James Foreman: SNCC
Annie Devine: MFDP
Stokely Carmichael: SNCC, Freedom Rider
L.C. Dorsey: MFDP
Fannie Lou Hamer: SNCC, MFDP
SNCC Volunteers Arrested.
Jesse Harris
Samuel Block
Jimmie Travis
John Lewis
The Martyrs.
Rev. George Wesley Lee (Dec. 25, 1903 - May 7, 1955)
Herbert T. Lee (Jan. 1, 1912 - Sept. 25, 1961)
Medgar Wiley Evers (July 2, 1925 - June 12, 1963)
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Jan. 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968)
Michael Schwerner (Nov. 6, 1939 - June 21, 1964)
James Earl Chaney (May 30, 1943 - June 21, 1964)
Andrew Goodman (Nov. 23, 1943 - June 21, 1964)
Supporters.
Fannie Lou Hamer and her dearest friend, Rose Fishman
Rose Fishman headed to the 1963 March on Washington
Fannie Lou Hamer shares a tender moment with Rose's husband, Ralph, and son Larry
Fannie Lou Hamer, Nora Campbell (left) and an unidentified teen. Campbell worked with Hamer at the Freedom Farms as a secretary.
Ron Thornton (standing, left), Fannie Lou Hamer and others at a fundraising event. Thornton worked with Hamer at the Freedom Farm Cooperative.
Fannie Lou Hamer, Ken Gibson and Harry Belafonte. Belafonte (right) often financially supported SNCC and Hamer's efforts by providing the funds personally and reaching out to his fellow actors and entertainers.
Rose Fishman and Fannie Lou Hamer
Fannie Lou Hamer with Nathan and Anne Schwerner. The Schwerner's son, Michael (Mickey) worked with CORE and was killed with two others, James Chaney and Andrew Goodman on June 21, 1964. The Schwerners helped raise money for CORE and SNCC.