but she is most well known for co-founding the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Passionately fighting for equal voting rights, she helped organize Freedom Summer and worked to register Black ...

In the early 60s stood a wooden house that served as a refuge during the highlight of the Civil Rights Movement in Canton.

In 1964, Fannie Lou Hamer, the head of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, spoke in stark detail about how she was brutally beaten in a police cell for seeking the right to vote.

Charles Cobb Jr. played an integral role in getting Black people registered to vote during the Mississippi Freedom Summer ...

But in two months the Holly' project registered 5500 people in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic party (MFDP). Of Benton County's 1419 Negroes over 21 years old, 1100 were "freedom registered." ...

both through her SNCC work and as one of the founders of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), which challenged the dominant force in Mississippi politics, the pro-segregation ...

The Jackson Citizens' Council, a white supremacy group in Mississippi ... especially since the Freedom Democratic Party is urging Negroes in many counties to boycott the primary.

Fannie Lou Hamer, a civil rights activist from Mississippi, is posthumously recognized for her efforts in voter registration ...

both through her SNCC work and as one of the founders of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), which challenged the dominant force in Mississippi politics, the pro-segregation ...