In 1964, Fannie Lou Hamer delivered a heart-wrenching testimony before the Democratic National Convention\'s (DNC) Credentials Committee.
Is this the land of the free and the home of the brave where we have to sleep with our telephones off the hooks because our lives be threatened daily? Because we want to live as.
In this speech, Hamer represented both the concerns of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) and the limits of American democracy when she proclaimed: "I question America.
In 1964, Fannie Lou Hamer delivered a heart-wrenching testimony before the Democratic National Convention\'s (DNC) Credentials Committee