Fannie Lou Hamer Greeting Card

Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) was born in Mississippi, the twentieth child of sharecroppers. She became a civil rights activist working with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), vigilantly working to expand voter registration. She survived brutal treatment, from forced sterilization to a vicious beating after being arrested for sitting in a “whites only” section at a bus station restaurant. Hamer co-founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party in 1964 in response to the Democratic Party’s efforts to block Black participation. She worked tirelessly for civil rights, women’s rights, and voters’ rights.

• blank inside and measures 4.25”x5.5” folded
• original linocut illustration
• folded card is letterpress printed in reflex blue ink on 100% cotton paper
• accompanied by an A2 steel blue envelope

About the Artist: Kathryn Hunter founded Blackbird Press (Blackbird Letterpress) in 2003 in Lafayette, Louisiana, transforming a Chandler & Price 8x12 letterpress and a collection of vintage type into a thriving printshop that has since grown and relocated, now operating with an expanded array of presses and a trio of beloved shop dogs.