‘We Never Stopped the Fight’: The Mississippians Carrying on Fannie Lou Hamer’s Legacy

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‘We Never Stopped the Fight’: The Mississippians Carrying on Fannie Lou Hamer’s Legacy

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Politics@beehaw.orgEnglish · 3 months ago

Sixty years ago this week, the civil rights activist gave a speech ahead of the Democratic National Convention that helped change history. The work remains unfinished.

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