Fannie Lou Hamer’s Presidential Medal of Freedom will go on display in the next few months at the Two Mississippi Museums.

Hamer’s family donated the medal to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, which operates the Museum of Mississippi History and Mississippi Civil Rights Museum.

“Our hope is that others will see it and want to learn more about Aunt Fannie Lou, her life, her legacy and the tremendous sacrifices she made on behalf of others,” Hamer’s niece, Monica Land, said in a press release Monday.

Curators will decide where the medal is displayed, said Michael Morris, director of the two museums that are side-by-side in downtown Jackson.

“Our museums already trace much of her life’s work,” Morris said. “The medal symbolizes the impact her courageous activism has had

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