Funeral program for Fannie Lou Hamer
date: label: Date
content: March 20, 1977
name: label: Printed by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Fannie Lou Hamer, American, 1917 - 1977
label: Subject of
content: Reverend Solomon Gort Jr., American, 1936 - 1989
label: Subject of
content: Stokely Carmichael, Trinidadian American, 1941 - 1998
label: Subject of
content: Rev. Ralph Edwin King Jr., American, born 1936
label: Subject of
content: Dorothy Irene Height, American, 1912 - 2010
label: Subject of
content: Aaron Henry, American, 1922 - 1997
label: Subject of
content: Rev. Lucius Walker
label: Subject of
content: Ella Baker, American, 1903 - 1986
label: Subject of
content: Andrew Jackson Young, American, born 1932
label: Subject of
content: John M. Perkins, American, born 1930
label: Subject of
content: Rep. Julian Bond, American, 1940 - 2015
label: Subject of
content: Vincent Harding Ph. D., American, 1931 - 2014
label: Subject of
content: Rev. Kelly Miller Smith Sr., American, 1920 - 1984
label: Subject of
content: Owen. H Brooks, American, 1928 - 2014
label: Subject of
content: Charles Evers, American, born 1922
label: Subject of
content: Honorable Bennie Thompson, American, born 1948
label: Subject of
content: Earl S. Lucas, American, born 1938
label: Subject of
content: Cleve McDowell, American, died 1997
label: Subject of
content: Amzie Moore, American, 1911 - 1982
label: Subject of
content: Honorable Robert G. Clark Jr., American, born 1928
label: Subject of
content: Thema Barnes, American
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Lula C. Dorsey, American, 1938 - 2013
label: Subject of
content: Dave Dennis, American, born 1940
label: Subject of
content: Thomas E. Edwards, Sr. High School, American
label: Subject of
content: Freedom Farm Cooperative, American, founded 1969
label: Subject of
content: National Council of Negro Women, founded 1935
notes: label: Description
content: A funeral program for Fannie Lou Hamer. The program is printed in black text on two sheets of white paper folded to create four interior pages. The front cover prominently features a black-and-white photograph of Hamer with text above and below, centered inside a thin, black frame. She is depicted from the shoulders up, facing the viewer. The text above the portrait reads [OBSEQUIES]. The text below reads, [Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer / Sunday, March 20, 1977 / FUNERAL SERVICES 2:00 P. M. / Williams Chapel Baptist Church / RULEVILLE, MISSISSIPPI / MEMORIAN SERVICE 3:30 P. M. / Ruleville Central High School]. Page one features a program of speakers and performers for Sunday, March 20, 1977 at 2:00pm. Pages two and three include a biography for Hamer, a history of her Civil Rights advocacy, her attempts to run for Congress, and her awards and degrees from various universities. Page four is a program of speakers and performers for Sunday, March 20, 1977 at 3:30pm. Printed on the inside of the back cover is a list of flowerbearers, active pallbearers, and honorary pallbearers. The list of honorary pallbearers continues on the back side of the back cover.
place: label: Place used
content: Ruleville, Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Funeral customs and rites
label: Topic
content: Gospel (Music)
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: The Black Church
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Ms. Eddie Lee Bibbs of Cleveland, MS.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2019.110
objectType: label: Type
content: souvenir programs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public Domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)