International Women's Day: Fannie Lou Hamer: "This Little Light...": A Portrait by Billie Jean Young
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content: Maltsby, Portia
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content: Smithsonian Institution. Program in African American Culture
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content: Program in African American Culture Collection / Series 1: Program Files
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content: 1986 March 8
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content: Box 15, Folder 8
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content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: Fannie Lou Hamer: "This Little Light": A Portrait documented in the Program in African American Culture Collection highlighted the life of Fannie Lou Hamer, a sharecropper, determined voter registrant, and field worker for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).  She was an orator, political activist, and founder of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. In addition to these contributions, she is noted for her speeches and singing, which influenced many during the Civil Rights Movement. Her strong religious background was often expressed through a sacred hymn before each of her speeches. She opened many gatherings with "This Little Light of Mine", one of her favorite songs.

Linda Reed. "Fannie Lou Hamer" in Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia. Volume A-L. New York: Carlson Publishing Incorporated, 1993.

Program was a dramatic presentation Fannie Lou Hamer: "This Little Light" - A Portrait held March 8, 1986, at Carmichael Auditorium, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. The program was organized by Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon, director, Program in Black Culture (later known as the Program in African American Culture). Program number AC408.40.