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Heather Booth and Fannie Lou Hamer, 1964

Heather Booth playing guitar for Fannie Lou Hamer and others during the Freedom Summer Project in Mississippi, 1964.
Courtesy of Wallace Roberts.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Heather Booth and Fannie Lou Hamer, 1964." (Viewed on November 21, 2025) <https://qa.jwa.org/media/heather-booth>.