Fannie Lou Hamer: Speech To The DNC 1964

Fannie Lou Hamer: Speech To The DNC 1964. I made this video because no one had a video of this important speech. Never forget these brave americans who fought to be first class citizens.

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[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.

[vivascargill]

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

[vivascargill1]

@JessicaWise well said!!

[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!!

[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 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

[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.

[PlatypusOmelette]

God bless you Fannie Lou Hamer!

[shamsiden]

Thank you!



[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...

[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.