In 1961, Fannie Lou Hamer was sterilized without her consent in a procedure dubbed a “Mississippi appendectomy”. The goal was to reduce the black population in the state.
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In 1961, Fannie Lou Hamer was sterilized without her consent in a procedure dubbed a “Mississippi appendectomy”. The goal was to reduce the black population in the state.
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