In this new struggle to defend voting rights, remembering the witness and sacrifices of Fannie Lou Hamer (d 3/14/1977), a former sharecropper who rose up from the MS Delta to inspire and guide the struggle for freedom. Arrested and savagely beaten, she faced death for the cause.
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She was “sick and tired of being sick and tired.” “But if I fall, I'll fall five feet four inches forward in the fight for freedom. I’m not backing off.” Others now continue her struggle.
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