Fannie Lou Hamer
Larycia Hawkins and host Karen Wright Marsh recount the story of the indomitable American civil rights leader Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer.
Fannie Lou Hamer was a native of the Mississippi Delta, one of twenty children, the girl who was forced to leave school after sixth grade to work in the cotton fields. That same Fannie Lou heard the call of Jesus, boldly raised her hand and never looked back. Her courage would change America.
Guest Dr. Larycia Hawkins is an American scholar and speaker whose act of embodied solidarity became the subject of the award-winning documentary film Same God.
Dr. Hawkins is general faculty at the University of Virginia, where she teaches in the departments of politics and religious studies and serves in the Religion, Race, and Democracy Lab.
To learn more about Fannie Lou Hamer Karen recommends:
God’s Long Summer: Stories of Faith and Civil Rights by Charles Marsh. Read the chapter on Fannie Lou Hamer online here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/chap1/godslongsummer.htm
“Who Was Fannie Lou Hamer? Civil rights crusader Fannie Lou Hamer defied men — and presidents — who tried to silence her,” Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/10/06/civil-rights-crusader-fannie-lou-hamer-defied-men-and-presidents-who-tried-to-silence-her/
“Fannie Lou Hamer | The Former Sharecropper who Became a Key Voice in Voting Rights | #SeeHer Story” by Katie Couric on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3DsN5-TmKI&ab_channel=KatieCouric
“Fannie Lou Hamer: Stand Up” documentary on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxTReRmH2jA&ab_channel=MississippiPublicBroadcasting
“'God Is Not Going to Put It in Your Lap.' What Made Fannie Lou Hamer’s Message on Civil Rights So Radical—And So Enduring” Time Magazine, https://time.com/5692775/fannie-lou-hamer/
And about Larycia Hawkins:
Same God the film, https://samegodfilm.com/, streaming on Amazon Prime Video & iTunes
“The Professor Wore a Hijab in Solidarity — Then Lost Her Job,” New York Times Magazine https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/16/magazine/the-professor-wore-a-hijab-in-solidarity-then-lost-her-job.html
“Dear America” by Larycia Hawkins in Comment Magazine
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