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Where to learn more: trusted sources on Fannie Lou Hamer
A curated list of reputable archives, encyclopedias, museums, recordings and books for researching Fannie Lou Hamer and the Mississippi freedom movement.
In short
For reliable research on Fannie Lou Hamer, start with the SNCC Digital Gateway, the Mississippi Encyclopedia, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, the Library of Congress Civil Rights History Project and the Civil Rights Movement Archive. For her own words, use The Speeches of Fannie Lou Hamer (2011) and the American RadioWorks recording of her 1964 testimony.
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Archives and reference works
- SNCC Digital Gateway: profiles, events and documents from SNCC's history, including Fannie Lou Hamer's profile.
- Mississippi Encyclopedia: scholarly entries on Hamer, Amzie Moore, Victoria Gray Adams, Clyde Kennard and many more.
- Mississippi Department of Archives and History: state archives, the Sovereignty Commission records and the Two Mississippi Museums.
- Freedom Summer 60: MDAH's site for the 60th anniversary of Freedom Summer.
- Civil Rights History Project: Library of Congress oral histories with movement veterans.
- Civil Rights Movement Archive: documents, memories and profiles collected by movement veterans.
- U.S. House History, Art and Archives: the January 4, 1965 Mississippi challenge.
Her own words
- Testimony before the Credentials Committee, August 22, 1964: transcript and audio, American RadioWorks.
- The Speeches of Fannie Lou Hamer: To Tell It Like It Is, edited by Maegan Parker Brooks and Davis W. Houck (University Press of Mississippi, 2011). Project MUSE listing.
Places and museums
- Two Mississippi Museums: the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum and Museum of Mississippi History, Jackson.
- Mississippi Freedom Trail: markers across the state, including Ruleville, Winona and Cleveland.
- COFO Civil Rights Education Center, Jackson State University.
- Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument, National Park Service.
Recordings
- Voices of the Civil Rights Movement: Black American Freedom Songs 1960-1966, Smithsonian Folkways.
Books
See our reading and viewing list for biographies, children's books and the 2022 documentary Fannie Lou Hamer's America.
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Questions readers ask
What is the most reliable online source about Fannie Lou Hamer?
The SNCC Digital Gateway, created by SNCC veterans with Duke University, and the Mississippi Encyclopedia, a scholarly reference published with the University of Mississippi's Center for the Study of Southern Culture.
Are you affiliated with any of these sites?
No. We link to them because they are reputable and free. We receive nothing for these links.
Sources
- SNCC Digital GatewaySNCC Legacy Project and Duke University
- Mississippi EncyclopediaCenter for the Study of Southern Culture
We checked every date and name on this page against the sources above. If you find an error, write to contact@fannielouhamer.info.
Continue in the archive
- PlacesExhibits and collectionsOnline exhibits, archives and recordings where you can see primary sources about Fannie Lou Hamer, from the SNCC Digital Gateway to the Library of Congress.
- Teach & rememberBooks and filmsA reading and viewing list on Fannie Lou Hamer: biographies, her collected speeches, children's books, the 2022 documentary, plays and music made in her honor.
- Teach & rememberFree lesson planA free lesson plan for grades 6 to 12 built on Fannie Lou Hamer's 1964 testimony and other primary sources, with objectives, steps, questions and a rubric.
- PlacesMuseums to visitMuseums in Mississippi and beyond that tell Fannie Lou Hamer's story, from the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson to the Amzie Moore House in Cleveland.