Voices of Black Female Mysticism: Lenten Series

Embodied Wordplay: the Practical Theology of Fannie Lou Hamer

Born the twentieth child to a family of Mississippi sharecroppers, Fannie Lou Hamer grew up hearing the good news preached at home and from her Baptist minister father’s pulpit each Sunday. By age 13, Hamer had left formal schooling to support her aging parents, picking hundreds of loud of cotton while living with polio. In her young adulthood she participated in community organizing and activism through involvement with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the Southern Christian Leadership Conferences. Her experiences with racist voting laws, racist neighbors, and forced sterilization all contributed to her powerful, prophetic voice. While she is known at large for her speech at the 1964 Democratic National Convention, Hamer’s lifetime of advocating for all of God’s children deserves exploration.

Ari L. Monts assists us in hearing Fannie Lou Hamer’s voice.

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