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Fannie Lou Hamer: “I’m Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired”

Fannie Lou Hamer, born in 1917 in Mississippi, rose from the cotton fields to become one of the fiercest voices of the civil rights movement. At just six years old she was already laboring in the fields. In 1961, while being treated for a tumor, doctors performed a hysterectomy without her consent — a racist practice forced on countless Black women. Despite this violation, she carried on, later adopting children with her husband. In 1962, she attempted to register to vote. For daring to claim her rights, she was fired, evicted, and later beaten so severely in a Mississippi jail that she lived with permanent kidney damage. But Hamer never stopped. She became a field secretary for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, co-founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, and in 1964 delivered a national testimony that exposed the brutality of voter suppression in the South. Her voice — raw, powerful, and unshakable — left us with the words: “I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired.” Fannie Lou Hamer’s courage proved that one voice can challenge an entire system, and her fight for freedom still calls us to action. Sources: • BlackPast.org: “Fannie Lou Hamer (1917–1977)” • To Praise Our Bridges: An Autobiography by Fannie Lou Hamer • SNCC Digital Gateway archives • The New York Times obituary & coverage of 1964 DNC #FannieLouHamer #BlackHistory #HiddenHistory #UncutHistory #blackyoutube #CivilRights #HistoryUncovered #VotingRights #BlackExcellence #history #blackouthistory