Fannie Lou Hamer

Fannie Lou Hamer was an American voting and women's rights activist, community organizer, and a leader in the civil rights movement. She was the vice-chair of the Freedom Democratic Party, which she represented at the 1964 Democratic National Convention. Hamer also organized Mississippi's Freedom Summer along with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). She was also a co-founder of the National Women's Political Caucus, an organization created to recruit, train, and support women of all races who wish to seek election to government office.

6 October 1917

Born on the same birth day (6 October): Byron Black • David Howard (director) • Freddy García • Giovanni Michelotti • Les Moonves • Pizzi (Portuguese footballer) • Robert Kuok • Shimon Gershon • Vladimir Manchev

Born in the same month (October 1917): Alfred Benlloch Llorach • Ants Kaljurand • Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. • Billy Conn • Cahal Daly • Carl Forssell • George Osmond • Jean-Pierre Melville • Marie Foster • Martin Donnelly (sportsman) • Norman Leyden • Reed Erickson • Rodney Robert Porter • Roque Máspoli • Walter Munk