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Eulogized Civil Rights Leader Fannie Lou Hamer By Young
Ambassador Andrew Young eulogized Fannie Lou Hamer during a large Ruleville memorial service. Hamer, 60, who helped register voters in Mississippi, died after a cancer operation and long hospitalization. The service drew about 1,600 people and included hymns and memories of her role in biracial politics and Freedom Democratic Party efforts.
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