For the family of Fannie Lou Hamer, she was a woman of power and presence as a civil and human rights activist. But to Jacqueline Hamer Flakes, Monica Land, and Jimmy Lee Lacey, she was also so much more - a mother, a wife, and a friend who was loving and giving. The in-depth interview provides an intimacy to Mrs. Hamer's life, work and legacy that can only be told by those who knew her best.

FANNIE LOU HAMER'S AMERICA: A portrait of civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer. Through evocative speech and soulful song, Hamer made it her life's work to enfranchise and increase Black political representation. For more: https://bit.ly/ARF_FannieLouHamerA

PBS Premiere: Tuesday, Feb. 22 at 9/8c
WORLD Channel Premiere: Thursday, Feb. 24 at 8/7c

--BEYOND THE LENS--
00:00 Who is Fannie Lou Hamer?
04:56 "Sick and Tired"
05:54 Black Americans and the right to vote
07:50 The 1964 DNC Testimony
10:23 Medgar Evers and the beating in Winona, MS
14:02 Traveling to Africa
15:42 Letters by a mother & friend
19:08 Forced Sterilization of Black women
21:17 The influence of Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer today

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Funding for FANNIE LOU HAMER'S AMERICA provided by W.K. Kellogg Foundation, GBH Voices and Equity Fund made possible by the Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Family Foundation, Inc., the Jonathan Logan Family Foundation, Mississippi Delta National Heritage, Mississippi Humanities Council and others. This program was made possible by contributions to PBS stations from viewers like you.

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