October 24, 2019
Fannie Lou Hamer, a women's rights activist and co-founder of the Freedom Democratic Party, died of untreated breast cancer on March 14, 1977. Photo courtesy Warren K. Leffler/U.S. News & World Report Magazine
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Hamer Cancer Center, MSU/Belhaven Program and Tougaloo Artifacts
The Fannie Lou Hamer Cancer Foundation recently announced that it will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of its new headquarters in Hamer's native Ruleville, Miss.
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