Fannie Hamer LMU AFAM Project 5
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I've seen video of the complete speech by Mrs Hamer somewhere. Her story and that of her friends and neighbors struggle to vote is moving, sad, and ultimately inspiring. Does anyone know if the complete testimony is online? I think it's important for all of us to see, given the current drive to restrict voting rights again.
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LOL damn, did you peep how they cut her off in the middle of her speech?...SMH... DAMN, my people was gettin no love, that's why I thank GOD for her and so many other activist during this time...
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I would like to see the whole speech.
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"We will return to this scene in Atlantic City"
yeah we will return....after she finished blowing up the spot!!!
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Thanks again Viva for the info on another forgotten American may that bastard Hoover rot in hell
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@dal4018 Ben Davis came from a wealthy black family--he elected to join the cpusa to defend the scottsboro boys--he was a great friend of Paul's--he lost all his wealth--in fact NYC in the end denied him a driver's licence--his story needs to be told. Hoover wanted him because he was both Black and red--Harry Belafonte and Ossie Davis (RIP) talk about this in a film called "Scandalize my name" about Paul and others--Ossie Davis was a great guy also!
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@vivascargill Thanks Viva I was never a fan of Gone With The Wind.I always said it was glorified slave movie.Excuse me for asking who was Ben Davis and why would J.Edgar "Fruit Loop" Hoover wanted him dead?
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@dal4018 @vivascargill she TRIED--but he was not seeing anyone-=she may have met him once before I don't know--she did know Ben Davis (a great man always forgotten) who bailed her out of jail for protesting Gone with the WIND--you know there is a theory J edgar hoover poisoned him just a theory--his biographer mentions it--but all the records are destroyed.
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@dal4018 I just wish I could have met him
ya I wanted to hear it too, it's probably somewhere out there. check your local library, preferably a university like USC or Harvard, that has a bunch of libraries, and I bet you'll find it. post if it's open source.
piggynuts 10 months ago