We didn’t come here for no two seats: Fannie Lou Hamer and the future of Black political power
Fannie Lou Hamer stood before the Democratic National Convention (DNC). She delivered one of the most searing indictments of ...
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Fannie Lou Hamer's 1964 DNC Speech Paved the Way for Harris
The political efforts of civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer are a case in ... of exposing the Democratic Party’s lack of equal representation. Hamer joined other members of the MFDP who ...
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Fannie Lou Hamer
Fannie Lou Hamer was ... following months, Hamer increased her public profile, both through her SNCC work and as one of the founders of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), which ...
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Opposition to Freedom Summer
Organizer Charlie Cobb recalls being convinced by Fannie Lou Hamer. "Mrs. Hamer backed me up into a corner and said, 'Well, Charlie, I'm glad you came. What's the problem with having more people come?