ADIFF Black History Month Film Series

Women Leaders in the Civil Rights Movement Program: Fanny Lou Hamer & Ella Baker

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She was poor, had no formal education, and a future predestined for picking cotton. However, Fannie Lou Hamer refused to accept life on anyone’s terms but her own. This Little Light of Mine: The Legacy of Fannie Lou Hamer follows one woman’s journey from sharecropper to grassroots organizer to beaten and jailed protester to political powerhouse – and along the way proves every voice matters.


In program Women Leaders in the Civil Rights Movement Program: Fanny Lou Hamer & Ella Baker


Watch Q&A with director Robin Hamilton HERE

  • Year
    2016
  • Runtime
    20 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Director
    Robin Hamilton