#OtD 10 Sep 1962 white supremacists attempted to assassinate Black civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer in Mississippi. While staying with her friend Mary Tucker, racists drove by, firing 16 shots at her, all of which missed. Learn more about Jim Crow: https://t.co/XI3Q3rxxNe pic.twitter.com/n2uYXzBwNi

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