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Hamer

American  
[hey-mer] / ˈheɪ mər /

noun

  1. Fannie Lou, 1917–77, U.S. civil rights activist.


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Hamer oversaw civil enforcement, including merger and monopolization cases.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Substitute Gus Hamer sealed successive wins for Chris Wilder's side, which saw them leapfrog Oxford out of the bottom three, with a brilliant curling effort from 25 yards.

From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025

The other is a feature-length biopic about another pioneering Black woman, civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2024

In March, her partner Jude Hamer, who has represented GB in wheelchair basketball at the Paralympics, gave birth to their son Noah and Rowles has been passionate in speaking about sexuality, diversity and representation.

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2024

She and engineer A1 Hamer collaborated on four reports between 1963 and 1969, some of them written to work out the all-important lunar orbits, others asking the question, What if?

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly