Fannie Lou Hamer's Powerful Testimony | Freedom Summer
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- Опубліковано 22 чер 2014
- Former sharecropper Fannie Lou Hamer's Congressional testimony is so powerful that President Johnson calls an impromptu press conference to get her off the air. But his plan backfires.
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We need a movie about thus beautiful woman. Her story and her fight is still what were fighting today. May God bless her RIP we love you.
She was one of the greatest Americans who ever lived...
I am so proud and humble that I am a descendant of people like Ms. Fannie Lou Hamer. I never knew her, but I truly love her. Her voice feeds my soul and calms me, I can feel the power of determination when she speaks. She also reminds me of my Grandmother, Mrs.Annie Lou Hawkins who was also a civil rights activist. RIP and thank you to both of these beautiful women.
Look at her,,,,just look at her,,,, such beauty, such class,,, fearless,,, full of wisdom and BRAVE. I love this woman. Thank you Miss Fanny for speaking truth to power. Message to THE STRONG Black woman....all across the globe...if you're reading this I LOVE YOU!
I hate politics. They play such dirty games. Even when they are supposedly on your side.
Rip ms. Fannie lou hamer. Thank you for all u have done.
Fannie Lou Hamer was one of the greatest Americans who ever lived... Shame on the GOP for all they have done to this country.
No disrespect to Rosa Parks, but Fannie Lou Hamer was the preeminent female in the civil rights movement.
I had never heard of this woman but then I watched All the way and just had to look her up. What happened to her wasn't in vain because 50 plus years later were still listening to her and finding out who she is. God bless her.
She was meant to be played by Loretta Devine! Would’ve been Oscar bait 😩
I'm glad this testimony was given. That is my mother Mrs. Mary Lane Bruce of Greenwood being shown when the film was on the audience. She participated first hand in the movement with King and Hamer and all the activist of her time in Mississippi.
The woman was given a "Mississippi Appendectomy" (her Uterus was removed) without her knowledge or consent!!! She had so much looked forward to a future with children, and that right was stolen from her!!! She went in for a Fibroid removal, and they TOOK her FERTILITY intentionally out of racial prejudice, & decided to prevent her from "having a litter."
Her strength and courage is awe inspiring. If it weren’t for Ms. Hamer and all of the Civil Rights Martyrs and protesters, I wouldn’t be able to live the life that I live today.....I am very grateful. 👏🏾❤️
Until I saw this story, and listened to Ms. Hamer, I did not fully appreciate what 'freedom' meant to African-Americans in the 1963 March on Washington. In her unscripted testimony, Ms. Hamer taught the nation what it meant to live the life of a black person in the 1964 South. It meant terror Because a black person never knew when the night riders might pull up to your house and take a family member to lynch that night; might arrest and beat you; might kill your child for no reason at all. It's more subtle now, but Michael Brown's murder by a Ferguson, Missouri, policeman unveiled that African American mothers of male children still face terror. And new voting restrictions that have been enacted by states and even the Supreme Court show that the beating Fannie Lou Hamer endured still does not guarantee the free right to vote for all citizens.
They were afraid of that strong black Queen RIP mother Hamer...
I love her clear, strong, expressive voice telling her story. I want the full testimony of her story.
More black women need to use her as a role model!
I just listen to her from time to time to understand and feel what the struggle was like during this time. Ms. Hamer is so inspiring to this day!
she was so brave. wow
I'm embarrassed to admit that I was not familiar with Fannie Lou Hamer until I checked out a biography intended for 5th graders. Now I'm here in tears watching youtube clips. Why is she not on money yet?