Fannie Lou Hamer, Presidential Medal of Freedom

President Biden awards nation's highest civilian honor to Mississippi-native Fannie Lou Hamer
President Joe Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Civil Rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer, who is the 11th Mississippi recipient.
Fannie Lou Hamer receives Presidential Medal of Freedom
WASHINGTON — In one of his last official acts as president, Joe Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 recipients, including a posthumous award to civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer, who died in 1977. The Delta native is the 11th Mississippian to receive the honor since 1964.
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