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Fannie Lou Hamer Was ‘Sick And Tired’ Of Racism, And Sick And Dying Of Breast Cancer
Fannie Lou Hamer Was ‘Sick And Tired’ Of Racism, And Sick And Dying Of Breast Cancer

On Oct. 6, 1917, Fannie Lou Hamer was born in Montgomery County, Mississippi. She died March 14, 1977, at age 59, after aggressively fighting breast cancer. Starkly different from 2025, where advanced technology is used to successfully treat breast cancer and the current five-year survival rate for breast cancer is 91%, according to the American Cancer Society, survival in the 1970s was bleak.

Egypt Charges Six Fact-Checking Journalists Over Terrorism Allegations
Egypt Charges Six Fact-Checking Journalists Over Terrorism Allegations
Kenya Quarantines 10 After First Ebola Death
Kenya Quarantines 10 After First Ebola Death
Ghana Eyes BRICS Membership To Broaden Economic Partnerships
Ghana Eyes BRICS Membership To Broaden Economic Partnerships