- Created by
- Matt Herron, American, 1931 - 2020
- Subject of
- Hamer, Fannie Lou, American, 1917 - 1977
- Date
- 1964
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 9 7/16 × 6 9/16 in. (24 × 16.7 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
- H x W (Mat): 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
- Caption
- Voting rights advocate, Fannie Lou Hamer, is shown picketing in front of the Forrest County Courthouse. Later, Hamer's group, the Mississippi Freedom Party, would challenge the official delegation at the 1964 Democratic Convention.
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of Fannie Lou Hamer carrying a sign and holding an umbrella over her head.
- Place depicted
- Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2012.107.8
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Estate of Matt Herron
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




