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Fannie Lou Hamer’s Testimony at the 1964 Democratic Convention (Transcript)

This piece is to accompany Unsung Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement and African Americans Face and Fight Obstacles to Voting.Watch the video here.When a group of African-American delegates from Mississippi demanded to be seated at the 1964 Democratic Convention in Atlantic City, the moving testimony by Fannie Lou Hamer made this former sharecropper a national spokeswoman for civil rights overnight.
October 26, 2011
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Thank You Primary School Teachers

My 4-year-old daughter Sophia was confused. She looked to me for an answer. “Greyson's not black,” she said. “Her skin is brown.” This was the first time I had heard my daughter bring up the issue of race or skin color.