When Fannie Lou Hamer testified before the credentials committee of the 1964 Democratic National Convention, she told the world about the torture and abuse she experienced in her attempt to register to vote.

Mar 2, 2022 · Dr. Blain’s address illustrates how Hamer embodied Dr. King’s vision of courageous Black leadership. ~~~ In 1957, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered a speech on the power of voting. King argued that access to the ballot would allow Black Americans to remake society without having to wait for federal support.

Dec 23, 2024 · Fannie Lou Hamer played a crucial role in carrying forward the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. Her commitment to nonviolent resistance and her unwavering belief in the power of collective action were deeply influenced by King’s philosophy.

Aug 22, 2014 · Martin Luther King, Jr., was recruited to speak to the committee on the political and moral importance of seating a representative delegation of the MFDP at the convention. But it was Fannie Lou Hamer’s speech that brought many on the committee to tears of disbelief that this could actually happen in America in 1964.

Jun 3, 2021 · One day in August 1964, Fannie Lou Hamer found herself in the hallway outside of Martin Luther King Jr.’s hotel suite in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Several national civil rights leaders and political operatives were crammed in his suite strategizing over Black representation at the Democratic National Convention.

In his statement before the credentials committee, Martin Luther King, Jr., expressed support for the MFDP delegates, calling them “the true heirs of the tradition of Jefferson and Hamilton” (King, 22 August 1964).

Jun 9, 2020 · My scholarship in the discipline of black politics can explain why there aren’t any national African American leaders at this moment, filling roles like Martin Luther King Jr., Fannie Lou Hamer and others once did. Fannie Lou Hamer, a delegate to the 1964 Democratic National Convention, delivered a powerful speech to the attendees.

Jan 9, 2025 · Fannie Lou Hamer, born Fannie Lou Townsend, was a Mississippi sharecropper who emerged as a transformational grassroots leader. ... Mainstream narratives and popular histories of the movement continue to highlight figures such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. or other Great Man figures to the detriment of the work and sacrifice Black women ...

Who led the 1963 campaign to integrate public facilities and open jobs to blacks in Birmingham, Alabama? Martin Luther King Jr. How did the Voting Right Act, passed in 1965, affect the proportion of registered black voters in the South?

Jan 21, 2025 · Join MSU Libraries and WKAR for a screening of the award-winning documentary, Fannie Lou Hamer’s America as part of the 2025 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Celebration.