Fannie Lou Hamer
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AIGA Get Out the Vote: Empowering the Women’s Vote
Submitted By: Shiraz Gallab
AIGA Chapter: Chicago
Artist Statement: Fannie Lou Hamer was a leader in the civil rights movement who advocated on behalf of Black Americans, women, and impoverished communities. Her activism began when she learned of her constitutional right to vote in 1962. At the time, Blacks were shut out of the American political system, either by way of intimidation, harassment, or "literacy tests" that were designed for their failure. Hamer and her contemporaries faced a frustrating contradiction: the constitution granted them the right to vote, but voting discrimination persisted — and was violently enforced — on the state level. And in response to this contradiction, Fannie Lou Hamer organized and fought tirelessly for equal voting rights and representation in the United States.
When you read Hamer's words, where do you draw parallels? Where do they intersect with words written and spoken today? Where do they resonate? And what will we do about that?
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