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Fannie Lou Hamer

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Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) was a voting rights activist and civil rights leader. In June 1963, she and several other voting rights activists were arrested at a Mississippi bus station. This release concerns the FBI's investigation into possible civil rights violations relating to that arrest.
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United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation

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Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. African American Civil Rights Workers
  2. African American Women
  3. African Americans
  4. Arrest
  5. Civil Rights
  6. Civil Rights Movements
  7. Civil Rights Workers
  8. Government
  9. Governmental Investigations
  10. Intimidation
  11. Mississippi
  12. Police Misconduct
  13. United States
  14. United States. Federal Bureau Of Investigation
  15. Women
  16. Women Social Reformers

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