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Film, Video This Little Light of Mine: The Legacy of Fannie Lou Hamer

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Title

  • This Little Light of Mine: The Legacy of Fannie Lou Hamer

Summary

  • Michelle Martin interviews Robin Hamilton about her film "This Little Light of Mine: The Legacy of Fannie Lou Hamer" (2015), a documentary short that explores the life of an impoverished sharecropper who became a powerhouse in the battle for the right to vote in Mississippi during the Civil Rights Movement.

Event Date

  • August 05, 2015

Running Time

  • 51 minutes 7 seconds

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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This Little Light of Mine: The Legacy of Fannie Lou Hamer. 2015. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-7049/.

APA citation style:

(2015) This Little Light of Mine: The Legacy of Fannie Lou Hamer. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-7049/.

MLA citation style:

This Little Light of Mine: The Legacy of Fannie Lou Hamer. 2015. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/webcast-7049/>.