
Fannie Lou Hamer, 1917-1962
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"Fannie Lou Hamer: This Little Light...'" was presented by the
Rural Development Leadership Network on July 24 and 25 at the
National Black Theatre in Harlem. The show was created and is
performed worldwide by Billie Jean Young, poet, activist, and
MacArthur Fellow from Pennington, Alabama. Dr. Young was founding
Chairwoman of the Rural Development Leadership Network. She leads
the Southeast Alabama Association of Rural and Minority Women
(SAAR-MW) and the Drama Project. www.billiejeanyoung.org
The National Black Theatre, founded by Dr. Barbara Ann Teer,
CEO, in 1968, presented the show with RDLN in the summer of 2004
and 2005. www.nationalblacktheatre.org
Fannie Lou Hamer was a Pioneer Civil Rights Activist in Voter
Registration who led the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
in Challenging the Mississippi delegation to the Democratic National
Convention in Atlantic City in 1964.
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Billie Jean Young as Fannie Lou Hamer
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