Fannie Lou Hamer: Speech To The DNC 1964

[PlatypusOmelette]

God bless you Fannie Lou Hamer!

[shamsiden]

Thank you!

[lilbrowngirl1]

tHE ELOQUENCE OF A SPEECH THAT IS DELIVERED BY A REMARKABLE LADY TAT HAD NO FORMAL EDUCATIONAL LEARNINFG IS AN UPLIFTING AND A PRESENTATION TAT WILL BECKON THE CALLING OF ALL DEAF EARS TO GRASP THEMESSAGE INTENT AND AUDIENCE THE DEMAND OF ATTENTION, MS FANNIE Lou Hamer DELIVERS A MOVING HONEST RECOLLECTIONS OF THE UNTOLD STRUGGLES that are so dismissed as civil rights rhetoric.

[MrBigdaddyali]

Thanks!!!!!!!

[suir52]

A great and brave American. She makes me ashamed to be white.

[JessicaWise]

@suir52 No reason to be ashamed of the colour of one's skin. The real test is what you do with the knowledge of the privileges that white or white-looking people usually take for granted. As long as your actions are loving and honest, you don't need to feel ashamed. I am a mixture of mostly European origins, but I don't feel ashamed to be "white." I do feel ashamed when I catch myself feeling entitled to privileges to which many people have no access. Solidarity! We shall overcome...

[vivascargill1]

@JessicaWise well  said!!

[vivascargill1]

@suir52 I knew Mrs. Hamer trust me the last thing she would have wanted to do is make you ashamed of your color she used to say "ain't no way I can hate anybody and hope to see God's face" She was uncompromising in witness against white racism but she was a devout woman Unita Blackwell said of her "God set her aside to do work" She belongs first to all black folk but finally to all people struggling for freedom. God rest her precious soul

[suir52]

@vivascargill1 Thank you and Jessicawise for your kind words, Perhaps I should have said some of my fellow whites make me ashamed to be white. I first heard of Mrs Hamer when my niece,from Houston while in Memphis, visited her grave and took a photo. This made me, here in Ireland, want to know more about this great lady. But as another recent comment said, even some Americans don't know who she was, as this important part of American history is not taught in schools and colleges,

[vivascargill1]

@suir52 I have seen her grave and her husband's "Pap" She is not ignored as others (take a look at the video of Augusta Hicks--and Ireland has a noble record of not only fighting for its freedom but of supporting black freedom Frederic Douglass was hidden there I have seem his picture Malcolm X painted on the Bogside because there are tensions between Irish americans and Blacks here ,people do not know Ireland's heroic history for its own struggle and for Black folks!!

[MsNatural26]

Ms. Fannie Lou Hamer was very smart, outspoken, and is proof of the nonsense my ancestors endured at the hands of ignorant whites. They acted like untamed demon dogs, yet they tried to portray my people as being inhumane. I am so thankful that Ms. Hamer was bold enough to tell of the disgusting experiences we as a people suffered at the hands of very ignorant, demonic white people. Her memory will live on forever in my heart and in my mind.

[welshjohn369]

Fantastic speech. I feel ashamed that I have never heard of this incredible lady before, I am Welsh now living in New Zealand but I find that little excuse as I am 53. The crimes done to people because of the colour of their skin still makes me sick. This speech made me cry.

[ridedamaverick]

@welshjohn369 Nothing to be ashamed of. My college textbook does not mention Ms. Hamer at all. In fact, Rosa Parks is merely "a black seamstress" who didn't give up her seat because she was too tired. Two sentences in the entire book.

[68NYC]

many Mhanks again...for posting

[hottyhothotty123456]

This Is Such An Empowering Speech!!!!

[34oneshot]

Praise God! The Lord was on her side and he empowered her to deliver this powerful testimony of her life and represented every person in Mississippi at that time! Amen Mrs.Hamer I love you! Thank you for empowering me in this generation (crying)....Oh what a price she paid and others.....

[wizardofthecrow]

So great, so great...You certainly helped to make America truly "the land of the free and home of the brave", powerful flower. You were so brave, and thanks to you many of your people became free

[vivascargill]

today is March 14 2011 Mrs. Hamer died March 14th 1977 say a prayer for her immortal soul or if you are not religious give her a thought

[motownfan5]

@vivascargill I recall that speech when I was a kid back in the '60's. She was a GREAT woman .May she rest in peace.

[TheMiasykes]

love and light



[alphashed]

This wonderful woman inspired me when I was 13 years old. This speech, above all other media reports of the times, made me think and pray for the people in the civil rights movement. My God how they suffered just to vote.

[LauraIsobelx]

absolute legend

[omoroomoro]

Courage Personified....we must all do more

[sucramj]

Talk about a reality check. Thanks for posting.

[ewalk4959]

Have mercy Jesus!

[raynard7]

Thanks sistah.

[EbonyNewsChannel]

HAIL THE QUEEN! Fannie Lou Hamer, the example of what a real "STRONG BLACK WOMAN" is.

[DetroitLives313]

Happy Birthday Mrs. Fammie Lou Hamer!

[prettypurplelady1]

I remember that I was in the 10th grade when this precious woman made this speech. So many haven't a clue what many blacks experienced due to racism in America. I pray and hope that one day in our great nation that we can all reflect equality that all men are said to have been created. If all Americans cannot love beyond racial lines, perhaps those of us professing Christianity one day will. May God richly bless and preserve the legacies of all the Fannie Lou Hamers in the USA!

[bornjust2003]

And you tell me these indiviuals arent devils .............

[RavishingBrotherB]

Powerful is a understatement. R.I.P. sis. you have made the ancestors very proud.

[Geezuzloveswowtoo]

I can't believe that I didn't know about this woman until two months ago. I was assigned her for my women's history class and actually asked ,:who's she?". After researching and reading up on her, I'm incredibly happy I got her for my paper. It was fate!

[LuizPagan]

This woman inspired me as youth as she spoke truth to so-called power. I was also as a budding artist impressed by how she used the power of her voice in song to connect people with their innate power to do what they had been told they should not do... register to vote, act in their own interest as citizens to participate in a so-called democracy. THIS woman embodied REAL power. She told the truth in Babylon!

[kashambo1]

wow!

what a WOMAN!!!

thank you soo much for this priceless piece of history. God bless you

[mssoulflower75]

Thank you for sharing this priceless piece of history! Grace, peace and blessings

[grummeper]

5 *****

[vivascargill]

i have never met a greater human being.

[vivascargill]

rest eternal grant you may light perpetual shine upon you blessed Mrs. Hamer

[68NYC]

Totally agree with your description box.

There were major sacrifices made.

Thanks for posting this.

[grummeper]

5:17 SHAME on the white kids...

[vivascargill]

grummeper has up loaded other videos of Mrs. Hamer. He honors her --more glory to him since he is not American!

[khadijahanwar]

@grummeper Silence is consent and if the great great grandchildren of this wicked master do not continue to denouce and repudiate their treatment of us (stll to this day) then they are just as guilty as their forfathers!!!!!

[grummeper]

yes... so also therefore - many thanks for this video!

[ultimatetalesfan19]

@grummeper

why shame on the white kids?

Are you really sick enough to think that integration can be forced at gunpoint?



[grummeper]

Tahnks for this fine upload!

[Heavenlypearl1908]

Thanks for posting...this speech was so powerful that the President (LBJ) actually made the networks stop the telecast in mid speech, so she knew what she was talking about and she is/was a wonderful and powerful BLACK WOMAN.

[Qyuti3]

@Heavenlypearl1908 I never knew that! Wow! And sadly looking at the state of our nation today... the more thing change, the more they stay the same... :o/

[puha22]

she is a stupid black, that doesnt have a clue wat she in on about

[saulpaulus]

She was an incredibly brave woman who clearly understood what American democracy was supposed to be.

[samherb1]

@puha22 She is stupid?? You can't even complete a coherent sentence. You might want to rethink that.

[giles422]

it was 64, by the the way, not 68.

But thanks for posting this

[absorbentmind]

I wish she could have voted for Obama. Imagine how she would have felt.

[vivascargill]

I am puzzled I knew Mrs. Hamer--I have never met a greater American. Do you really think she would not have supported the Palestinian people? And Criticized Obama for not stopping all military aid to Israel? She might have voted for him but I really think she would have been disappointed. Do you think she would have approved of our continuing war in Afghanistan? do the people who disagree with me think that Obama has the heroic stature of Mrs. Hamer?

[wmingpt]

@absorbentmind And how disappointed she would have been

[RachelInCalifornia]

Thanks so much for posting this powerful witness.

[waqlimi]

You brought out an important point/speech in American history which sadly has been neglected, like much of our contribution to this country. Thank you very much!!!

[holla221]

What a powerful women! To go though what she went through and still was able to keep going on is amazing!! I know people right now who don't want to wait on lines to sign up for school because it's too much work. Just imagine if they had to live during those times that Fannie Lou Hamer lives through. She is amazing.

[jasoninglee]

yes, thanks for this wonderful post

[kendric31]

Thank you for posting this.