Freedom Day in Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Voting rights advocate, Fannie Lou Hamer, is shown picketing in front of the Forrest County Courthouse. Later, Hamer's group, the Mississippi Freedom Party, would challenge the official delegation at the 1964 Democratic Convention. A black-and-white photograph of Fannie Lou Hamer carrying a sign and holding an umbrella over her head.

Catalog date

1964

Recorded places

Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Recorded subjects

African American; Civil Rights; Photography; U.S. History, 1961-1969

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