(Original Caption) 8/22/1964-Atlantic City, NJ-: Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party delegate Fanny Hamer speaks out for the meeting of her delegates at a credential meeting prior to the formal meeting of the Democratic National Convention.
(Original Caption) 8/25/1964-Atlantic City, NJ- Convention Hall. Mrs. Fannie Hamer, member of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, was one of the exciting highlights of the National Democratic Convention. Here, she walks firmly toward the convention hall entrance, to which she and other members of her group were finally admitted.
Fanny Lou Hamer of Mississippi addresses the delegates on the fight over Alabama credentials, during the second session of the 1968 Democratic Convention.
(Original Caption) Atlantic City, New Jersey: Joining the protest outside of Convention Hall over seating of Mississippi delegates are these four persons. They are , left to right, Dr. Aaron Henry, Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party head, Mrs. Fanny Hamer of Mississippi, and the parents of slain civil rights worker, Michael Schwerner in Mississippi, Mr. and Mrs. Schwerner.
A head and shoulders portrait of civil rights leader Fannie Lou Harmer, August 23, 1968. (Photo by Afro American Newspapers/Gado/Getty Images)
