The Fannie Lou Hamer Cancer Foundation (FLHCF) is a non-profit volunteer awareness independent, community-supported charitable organization dedicated to the eradication of cancer in the Mississippi Delta through education, support services research and advocacy. The Foundation honors the memory of Ruleville native Fannie Lou Hamer who "shook the foundation of this Nation" with her courage, determination and willingness to undergo great personal sacrifices as an authentic voice of those who were impoverished and disfranchised.The Fannie Lou Hamer Cancer Foundation is committed to preventing cancer in the Mississippi Delta by increasing awareness and establishing a public agenda for the prevention of cancer. |
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"The primary feature that distinguishes the FLHCF from other organizations bearing Mrs. Hamer's name is the fact that she died of cancer. After undergoing surgery (radical masectomy) for late-stage breast cancer Mrs. Hamer would stuff her bra with socks. On a subsequent speaking trip to Washington, DC, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes-Norton donated and had her fitted with a prosthesis. Today, twenty-plus years later, the cancer experience of too many poor women mirrors that of Mrs. Hamer's." |
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| Frank Jackson, Former Program Director National Institutes of Health National Cancer Institute Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities |
