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Fannie Lou Hammer Analysis

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strong and sat on her porch with a shotgun day and night. She had one son in the hospital and one in jail, if that wasn't as hard as it was, she also got thrown in jail to. All she was trying to do was visit her son when a policemen wanted to bar her way. She had finally stood her ground and hit him in the eye. “Meanwhile, Mrs. McGhee is following him on the way down. She’s not missing a lick—boom, boom, boom! And every time she hits him, his head hits the door”(Collins 113). However, she was not tried in court after what she had done to the cop. After everything this women had endured, she just wanted to see her son. Lauren finally took all of her mental strength and made it physical. Fannie Lou Hammer was the most encouraging to me out

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