Fannie Lou Hamer of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party testifies before the convention's credentials committee about the violence she suffered for trying to vote.
At a Glance
- Date
- 22 August 1964
- Location
- Atlantic City, New Jersey
- Key people
- Fannie Lou Hamer
- Category
- Civil Rights Movement
- Source
- Convention records, August 22, 1964 · Library of Congress
What It Meant Then
Her televised testimony exposed the brutality of Mississippi's white power structure.
What It Means Now
Hamer's words helped transform the Democratic Party and the voting-rights cause.
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