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Firemen hose demonstrators with high pressure jets of water as they lie on the sidewalk, Birmingham, 1963

Fannie Lou Hamer

Source: PBS American Experience

Read about the struggles and achievements of a Civil Rights icon.

This entry was posted in The Struggle for Freedom and tagged Historic Figures on July 1, 2017 by Mikki Gibson.

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