She worked the ballot box and the barn at the same time. Fannie Lou Hamer registered to vote, ran for Congress and challenged the national convention, while she bought land, started a pig bank and fed families across Sunflower County. This is my tribute to the whole woman, and how Freedom Farm shaped every pillar of the Community Welfare System. Read the full essay on Substack: https://zuhdae.substack.com/p/the-fannie-lou-hamer-model
She got sick and tired and then bought forty acres.
Note 1
Freedom Farm Cooperative, Sunflower County, 1969.
Note 2
The pig bank started with 55 pigs in October 1967.
