Fannie Lou Hamer speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi.
The people at the table with her also addressed the committee; Unita Blackwell and J. C. Killingsworth are seated on either side of her. Photographers are crouched in front of them, taking pictures. The hearings were conducted by Senators Robert F. Kennedy, Joseph S. Clark, George Murphy, and Jacob...
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Southern Courier photographs Fannie Lou Hamer speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. Peppler, Jim |
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Southern Courier photographs Blackwell, Unita; Hamer, Fannie Lou; Killingsworth, J. C.; African Americans--Civil rights; Civil rights leaders; Photographers; Politics & government; Jackson (Miss.) |
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The people at the table with her also addressed the committee; Unita Blackwell and J. C. Killingsworth are seated on either side of her. Photographers are crouched in front of them, taking pictures. The hearings were conducted by Senators Robert F. Kennedy, Joseph S. Clark, George Murphy, and Jacob Javits. This image was taken for (but not used in) an article ("Senators Told of Poverty" by Patricia James) and photo spread ("U.S. Senators Meet the People") that appeared on pages 1 and 3 of The Southern Courier for April 15-16, 1967. The issue is available online (not on the ADAH website): http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol3_No16_1967_04_15.pdf |
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Q0000031861Q31861Fannie Lou Hamer speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi.The people at the table with her also addressed the committee; Unita Blackwell and J. C. Killingsworth are seated on either side of her. Photographers are crouched in front of them, taking pictures. The hearings were conducted by Senators Robert F. Kennedy, Joseph S. Clark, George Murphy, and Jacob Javits. This image was taken for (but not used in) an article ("Senators Told of Poverty" by Patricia James) and photo spread ("U.S. Senators Meet the People") that appeared on pages 1 and 3 of The Southern Courier for April 15-16, 1967. The issue is available online (not on the ADAH website): http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol3_No16_1967_04_15.pdf1967 April 101960-1969Peppler, JimBlackwell, Unita; Hamer, Fannie Lou; Killingsworth, J. C.; African Americans--Civil rights; Civil rights leaders; Photographers; Politics & government; Jackson (Miss.)Still imageNegatives (Photographic)Peppler, JamesJim Peppler Southern Courier photograph collectionLPP106, Box 2, Binder 3Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, 624 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36130EnglishCopyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History.4000 PPI TIFFhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/peppler/id/5996 |
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Fannie Lou Hamer speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. |
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Fannie Lou Hamer speaking at a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. |
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Peppler, Jim |
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