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"I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired"[2] Reference point [3]
Coined the term a Mississippi Appendectomy
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October 6, 1917, Montgomery County, MS
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March, 14, 1977 (age 59), Mound Bayou, Mississippi
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Perry “Pat” Hamer
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*some sources say April 6, 1845
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