Fannie Lou Hamer was also a Survivor
Fannie Lou Hamer was one of the leading activists of the civil rights movement who helped thousands of black people register to vote in Mississippi.
She was also a survivor of police brutality. In June 1963 Hamer and some fellow activists were arrested for attempting to eat in a segregated restaurant. While in jail, she was beaten and assaulted by the police. She never fully recovered from the physical and mental wounds.