Fannie Lou Hamer, Button.

Media: JacksonState/HCAC.JSU.0611.jpeg

Title: Fannie Lou Hamer, Button.
Date: Unknown
Creator: Unknown See all items with this value
Description: A red and black button with a picture of Fannie Lou Hamer and her name in print. Ms. Hamer was a renowned leader in Mississippi during the Civil Rights Movement. She worked with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to organize Freedom Summer in 1964 and was also vice-chair of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
Primary Subject: 1900-1999 See all items with this value; Civil Rights Movement See all items with this value; Activism See all items with this value
Additional Subject: Fashion
Type: Three-Dimensional Object
Measurements: 2.25 in
Format: JPEG
HBCU Identifier: mwchcac.ar.2022.faj.button0007
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.JSU.0611
Rights: All rights held by the Margaret Walker Center. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact Margaret Walker Center, Jackson State University, 601-979-3935 Attn: Center Director.
Contributing Institution: Jackson State University
Collection: The Black Panther Party Archives of Frankye Adams-Johnson See all items with this value
Language: English
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Item sets: Ephemera & Objects; Women in the Movement Collection; Jackson State University Collections