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
- Related Resources
- American Folklife Center: https://www.loc.gov/folklife/
- Running Time
- 51 minutes 7 seconds
- Online Format
- video
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This Little Light of Mine: The Legacy of Fannie Lou Hamer. 2015. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-7049/.
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(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/.
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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/>.
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