Jacqueline Hamer Flakes, the last living child of civil and voting rights advocate Fannie Lou Hamer. died this week and will be buried April 8 in Ruleville.
by Mississippi Today, Mississippi Today March 30, 2023 Flakes, who died March 27 at the age of 56 in her hometown of Ruleville, had been traveling and speaking about her mother’s legacy. She had just returned from an engagement at a museum in Seattle. Flakes, who had been battling breast cancer, was admitted to North Sunflower Medical Center on March 24 after complaining of weakness.
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