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\nFebru ary is Black History Month.
\nFannie Lou Hamer\, a poor Mis sissippi sharecropper with a sixth-grade education\, faced down white supr emacists and challenged President Lyndon Johnson and other national leader s to secure voting rights for all Americans during the 1960s.
\nThe work of elite\, well-educated men dominated leadership roles in the civil rights movement\, and their lives and stories remain the focus of much of civil rights history.
\nHamer reminds us that at a movement&rsquo\;s center sits unlikely leaders\, forged through difficult circumstances and who tap into their unique gifts to face the challenges posed at critical crossroads. She used her anger\, her courage\, her faith\, and unwavering commitment to battle entrenched racism and bigotry. Using recently opened FBI records\, secret Oval Office tapes\, new interviews\, and more\, Kate Clifford Larson will share fresh details from her highly acclaimed biograp hy "Walk With Me" about Hamer&rsquo\;s determination to make her light shi ne and bring revolutionary change to America.
\nPresenter and Author : Kate Clifford Larson Ph.D. is the "New York Times" Best-Selling Author o f "Walk With Me: A Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer" (Oxford\, 2021)\, named one of the Best Biographies of 2021 by Kirkus\; "Bound For the Promised La nd: Harriet Tubman\, Portrait of an American Hero" (2004)\; "Harriet Tubma n: A Reference Guide to Her Life and Works" (2022)\; "Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter" (2015)\; and "The Assassin's Accomplice: Mary Surratt a nd the Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln" (2008). She is the consulting Histori an for film\, print\, exhibits and Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Sta te and National Park\, \;and \;Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway and All-American Road\, \;Eastern Shore\, MD\; and \;Harrie t Tubman Home and National Park\, \;Auburn\, NY.
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