AN ACCLAIMED BROADWAY STYLE
ONE WOMAN PLAY
"I QUESTION AMERICA"
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"I'm Sick And Tired Of Being Sick And Tired"---Mrs. Fannie
Lou Hamer
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FANNIE LOU
HAMER WAS
A WARRIOR
DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. SHE JOURNEYED FROM THE COTTON FIELDS
OF RULEVILLE, MISSISSIPPI TO THE HALLS OF CONGRESS AND BEING ONE OF THE
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS DURING THE 1964 NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION IN
ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY AS THE VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE MISSISSIPPI
FREEDOM DEMOCRATIC PARTY (MFDP). SHE WAS CO-FOUNDER OF THE
MISSISSIPPI FREEDOM DEMOCRATIC PARTY. REFUSING TO BE DETERRED BY THE
WHITE CITIZENS COUNCIL AND THE CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE, AFFORDED HER THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK BODILY ABOUT ALL OF THE INJUSTICES SHE HAD SEEN
AND
EXPERIENCED TRYING TO GAIN THE RIGHT TO VOTE, HAVE A BETTER LIFE,
BETTER EDUCATION AND HAVING A VOICE IN THE POLITICAL ARENA.
SHE WAS BORN OCTOBER 6, 1917 AS FANNIE LOU TOWNSEND IN MONTGOMERY
COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI. 1923, SHE STARTED WORKING IN THE COTTON FIELDS
ALONG WITH HER FOURTEEN BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. 1929, AFTER JOINING
STRANGER'S HOME BAPTIST CHURCH, SHE ATTENDED A MEETING ORGANIZED BY
SCLC
AND SNCC. SHE, ALSO, MET AND MARRIED IN 1944, PERRY HAMER. THEY
RAISED TWO DAUGHTERS. AS A YOUNG CHILD SHE ALWAYS SOUGHT A BETTER
LIFE, AND SEARCHED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE,
SOCIALLY AND POLITICALLY FOR THE ALL, BLACKS AND POOR, ALIKE.
THUS BEGAN HER
JOURNEY TO FIGHT FOR VOTING RIGHTS, EVEN BEING SHOT AT
SHE DID NOT WAIVER. AFTER HER THIRD ATTEMPT, SHE BECAME A
REGISTERED VOTER. BEATINGS FOLLOWED BECAUSE SHE TRAVELED AROUND
DURING FREEDOM SUMMER TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO VOTE AND FIGHT FOR THEIR
CIVIL RIGHTS. SHE WAS EVEN JAILED AND BEATING IN WINONA,
MISSISSIPPI.
1968, SHE RECEIVED A STANDING OVATION WHEN SHE WAS SEATED AT THE
CHICAGO DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION AND WAS ELECTED DEMOCRATIC
NATIONAL COMMITTEEWOMAN. 1969, SHE FOUND FREEDOM FARM COOPERATIVE
TO FEED THE HUNGRY. 1971, SHE RAN FOR THE MISSISSIPPI STATE SENATE.
MARCH 15, 1977, MRS. HAMER DIES OF CANCER IN MOUND BAYOU, MISSISSIPPI.
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E.P.
MCKNIGHT, author of Words 'N'
Action, #1 Amazon Best Seller's List--Poetry, and Inspirational &
Religious, IS A GRADUATE OF FORDHAM UNIVERSITY LINCOLN CENTER,
NY,NY WHERE
SHE RECEIVED HER MASTER'S DEGREE
IN EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY. AS
AN EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGIST, SHE FOUNDED THE NIKAO IMANI, INC., A
MARKETING AND
CONSULTING FIRM FOR CAREERS IN THE CORPORATE AND ENTERTAINMENT
INDUSTRY.
SHE
IS A POET, ACTRESS, WRITER, A MEMBER OF SCREEN ACTORS GUILD,
ACTOR'S
EQUITY, AND AMERICAN FEDERATION TELEVISION AND RADIO
ARTISTS. LOS ANGELES THEATRE
CREDITS: TO KILL A
MOCKINGBIRD,CATCH THE SPIRIT, WITH GRACE I STAND, AS IT IS IN
HEAVEN, CRANE MISSISSIPPI,
EXILES FROM PARADISE, LEO’S BARBERSHOP & GRILL, SPINNELI, SECRETS OF THE
PUSSYCAT; NEW YORK THEATRE CREDITS: FENCES, THE CRUCIBLE, DO LORD
REMEMBER ME,
BLACK GIRL, STEAL AWAY, NZINGA'S CHILDREN, PURLIE, MY DIARY, A RAISIN
IN THE
SUN, WINE IN THE WILDERNESS, MARCUS GARVEY, THE
REVIVAL TABLE, WHO'S MAMA'S BABY WHO'S DADDY'S
CHILD, HIGH STEPPIN
IN HARLEM, I WANNA BE & OTHERS. . TELEVISION
CREDITS: COMEDY, BANG BANG,
ER,ONCE
& AGAIN, UNSOLVED MYSTERIES, DHARMA & GREGG, LAW & ORDER,
ONE LIFE
TO LIVE, ALL MY CHILDREN, ANOTHER WORLD, GUIDING LIGHT, AS THE WORLD
TURNS,
MATT WATERS, SESAME STREET, AND SEVERAL COMMERCIALS. RECENT LA FILM
CREDITS: ZODIZC KILLER,HAZING
STARRING BRAD
DORLIEF( One Flew Over the Coco
Nest), RAT RACE W/WHOOPI GOLDBERG, CUBA GOODING, PLUS COUNTLESS OTHER
MOVIE STARS, PRINCESS
DIARY W/
JULIE ANDREWS & YO TYRONE (TOURING FILM FESTIVALS). NY
CREDITS: SHAKEDOWN COP, JUNGLE FEVER, QUICK CHANGE, LIFE OF FREDERICK
DOUGLAS,BAMBARELLA, OFF-WHITE POWER,& DREAM LOVER
TYRONE.
PROMINENT
WRITING CREDITS:
1. I
QUESTION AMERICA,
A PLAY ABOUT FANNIE LOU HAMER.
2. CATCH
THE SPIRIT, A PLAY ABOUT BESSIE COLEMAN
3.WITH GRACE I STAND, A PLAY ABOUT AFRICAN
AMERICAN WOMEN FROM
19TH
CENTURY
4. OWN MY OWN TERMS, A NINA
SIMONE STORY
5. OBAMACARE WARD, THE MAN
WHO STANDS, ETHNICALLY AMBIGUOUS,
Currently writing: "When The Wind Blows, Grab It"
WORDS
"N" ACTION, #1 Amazon Best Seller's List, A BOOK OF
INSPIRATIONAL AND MOTIVATIONAL
POETRY.
POETS
CREDITS: BARNES & NOBLE,
BORDERS BOOKSTORE, BAHI CENTER, UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND, ADAM
CLAYTON POWELL JR. STATE OFFICE BUILDING, PATERSON MUSEUM, PASSAIC
COMMUNITY COLLEGE, FREDDIE ROBERSON MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND, NY
GRAMERCY PARK HOTEL, KUJICHAGULI, MALIK, GOSPEL FOOD CHRISTIAN, &
MILLIGAN, BOOKSTORE SIGNINGS AND COUNTLESS
RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS.
WORDS "N" ACTION &
MUSICAL POETRY
(CD)
WWW.CDBABY.COM/EPMCKNIGHT
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