'Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer’s Enduring Message to America'

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Oct 6, 2021

The civil and voting rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer was born October 6, 1917. In a new book, Dr. Keisha N. Blain, Associate Professor of History at the University of Pittsburgh, captures Hamer’s life and legacy up to our current moment. Blain joins us to discuss the book, Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer’s Enduring Message to America.

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