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typed in memoriam poem titled for miz hamer* who just died<br /><br />
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fannie lou a woman who knew and flew sang and grew pained and knew more and more and more <br /><br />
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and as she grew we also knew but never more than she-- who sparked and flamed spoke and rang and pushed on and on and on through ruleville sunflower the delta and all of mississip up to congers to stake her claim<br /><br />
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so grand and fine big broad warm black bold strong -- miz hamer was her name<br /><br />
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we were glad enriched and full inspired by her being her voice her smile her heart her style her being fannie lou the woman who knew and flew sang and grew pained and knew more and more and more...<br /><br />
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susan sojourner<br /><br />
march/june 1977<br /><br />
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*Fannie Lou Hamer was a black plantation worker then SNCC & civil rights leader dynamic orator & singer, she was one of three Mississippi Freedom Democrats put forward in 1965 to sit in the U.S. Congress instead of the "duly elected" white officials. She was born and raised in Ruleville, Sunflower County, Mississippi where she died in March 1977.

"for miz hamer who just died" Poem

An in memoriam poem about Fannie Lou Hamer, written by Susan Sojourner.

Black and white print photo of Fannie Lou Hamer. Hamer is wearing a white sleeveless top and a dark colored skirt, leaning on a table before an audience.

Photo of Fannie Lou Hamer

Black and white print photo of Fannie Lou Hamer speaking in Holmes County, taken by Susan Sojourner.

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