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Play depicting the life of civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hammer being performed at Kean University

Civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hammer made history convincing minorities to vote. And now she is the subject of a play being performed in New Jersey.

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Oct 16, 2020, 10:27 PM

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