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On the anniversary of a great warrior in the fight against aggressive backwardness and racism
It is impossible to talk about the movement for African-American voting rights without mentioning Fannie Lou Hamer, who was born 99 years ago this week.
A leader in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Hamer shook the nation with her testimony before the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in 1964, giving a vivid firsthand account of black disenfranchisement and white supremacist violence in the South. Hamer spoke not as someone who was advocating on behalf of the oppressed, but as someone who was among the most oppressed — someone who could no longer wait for her citizenship rights.
'Sick and tired of being sick and tired': making the connection between disenfranchisement and disease
It is impossible to talk about the movement for African-American voting rights without mentioning Fannie Lou Hamer, who was born 99 years ago this week.
A leader in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Hamer shook the nation with her testimony before the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in 1964, giving a vivid firsthand account of black disenfranchisement and white supremacist violence in the South. Hamer spoke not as someone who was advocating on behalf of the oppressed, but as someone who was among the most oppressed — someone who could no longer wait for her citizenship rights.
'Sick and tired of being sick and tired': making the connection between disenfranchisement and disease
