2010.54.508
(40.64 cm HIGH x 26.67 cm WIDE)
Small poster with a red bar at the top and bottom edge. In the center is a black and white photograph of a woman in profile wearing black dress and pearls. The poster reads from top to bottom, "Freedom Means/ Vote For/ Fannie Lou Hamer/ Lyndon Johnson President/ Hubert Humphrey Vice President/ Aaron Henry Senate/ Fannie Lou Hamer Congress 2nd. Dist./ Annie Devine Congress 4th Dist./ Victoria Gray Congress 5th Dist./ Freedom Vote Oct. 31- Nov. 2 Regular Election Nov. 3."
In 1964, civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer helped found the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, challenging the all-white delegation to the Democratic National Convention. Her speech at the convention drew attention to racism in voter registration. She later ran unsuccessfully for Congress. Hamer helped form the National Women's Political Caucus in 1971. [LMC]
