 Marcelle_Lively_Hamer  Na for Whitewright, Texas dey bon Elizabeth Marcelle Libely on July 14, 1900. E papa nem na Robert Morris an e mama nem na Clara Susan Lemon Lively. Hamer papa a pesin wey dey sel big goods an banka. E mama na Inglish tisha for Grayton Kolej. Hamer yuz one year at di skul wey rilijon sista dey kontro Kidd-Key Kolej bifor e kom go finish e sekondri skul for  Southeastern Stet Normal. In 1919, Hamer get a two-year digri from Kristen Kolej. For di Kolej, e bi dia studet union presidor. Hamer kolet e Bashelor digri in Inglish from di Yunivasiti of Oklahoma in 1921. E leta get e Masta digri from di Yunivasiti of Texas in 1939. Di Pepa wey Hamer wok wit na Anecdotal Elements in Southwestern Literature. In a 1943 Life Magazine wey tok abaut Texas tori, na Hamer Pepa dey tok sey pipul rid pass in di hol of Yunivasiti of Texas koleshon. 