On this day in 1964, Fannie Lou Hamer ctestified before the Democratic National Convention’s credentials committee..
by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today August 22, 2023 Aug. 22, 1964 Fannie Lou Hamer drew national attention when she testified before the Democratic National Convention’s credentials committee, challenging Mississippi’s all-white delegation. She detailed violence against Black Americans in Mississippi, including her own beating in the Winona jail. “All of this is on account of we want to register, to become first-class citizens,” she said.
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