He Risked His Life Filming This Mississippi Senator's Plantation In 1964

I have kept this kinescope in my archive since it was recorded by a colleague of mine in 1964. He had the guts to go on to the Senator James Eastland plantation in Mississippi to see what the "sharecroppers" who had free rent forever were living like and how they felt.
Senator Eastland was an avowed segregationist. A Dixiecrat Democrat. A powerful senator.
His state, Mississippi, was a one party state dominated by white Democrats who used poll taxes and literacy tests to exclude black Americans from voting.
He grew up rich on the plantation his family had owned since before the Civil War. He was famous for voting against voting rights, food stamps, and G.I. benefits for black soldiers returning from World War II.
This film clip contains a bit of footage of Fannie Lou Hamer who came from the plantation and grew to fight Sen. Eastland and his colleagues by helping to set up the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party before the 1964 Democratic Party convention.
If you found this video of interest, I would appreciate your support by clicking the Super Thanks button below the video screen. That gives me the ability to collect more films like this one from my archive and present them on KZbin.
David Hoffman filmmaker

[@HughesTamiLee]

This is infuriating. My dad, his siblings, parents, and grandmother were all sharecroppers in Arkansas during this time. My dad hated it so much that he was determined to never work in the fields as an adult. He went on to college, got a PhD and eventually became the president of a small university. Everyone is his family was hardworking and intelligent. They had to face insurmountable challenges to overcome poverty in a place where they were constantly pushed down. All of this makes my heart sink. This wasn’t that long ago. Thanks for sharing this.

[@patandersen4271]

God Bless you and your family @Tami Lee Hughes.

[@clintjohnson7023]

@tammi lee Hughes. I'm white and my family was also sharecroppers in Arkansas. I can promise you we didn't have it any better just because we are white.

[@wellybobs4403]

Your story proves your premise is false.... Everyone had the same issue.

[@missourimongoose7643]

I'm white but my family has the same story in Tennessee, my grandpa and his cousin made a pact that they wouldn't work the fields anymore when they were around 10 yo by the time they were 18 they were in college, my grandpa started a hat company with my dad and my grandpa's cousin ended up being a heart surgeon

[@freemason4979]

Thnx 4 the comment. I can not even begin to imagine. But I have a question, if I may. One of my biggest heroes is the recently retired prof. Thomas Sowell. I do not know if u are familiar with his work, but he is a 90 yo. man of color who grew up in the kind of poverty described here. He was a radical leftist in his youth because, as he said "we didnt have any other explenation". Later, after his Ivy - league doctorates in sociology, economics and math (I think), he became one of the most eloquent spokesmen for personal freedom and the free market, and against most government interventions, especially the welfare state. He said, nothing hurt black people as much. His philosophy was basically the same as that of Frederick Douglas, who, when asked after the civil war, if the freed slaves should not be recompenced, replied: All we ask is you treat us the same, you have done enough for us already ! A penny 4 ur thought...

[@Nille0212]

Fannie Lou Hamer is my great great-aunt on my maternal grandfather's side. Mary Jane Hamer, her niece, is my great grandmother. Thank you for allowing me to see her mentioned and featured by name again.

[@robferguson1529]

I grew up in Ruleville and meet your great aunt before she passed. The school closed allowed us to attend here funeral. Whenever I do go back, I still go by here memorial. She a very brave and special lady.

[@patkennedy2620]

@Tennille Bowens. You must be very proud of your great great aunt. She was a truly brave lady

[@johnfulton4061]

You must and should be very proud of her she was a brave and courageous woman and she helped a lot of people

[@lucidmoment71]

I'm English so had never heard of her before, what a woman. However terrible her experience was during her time on this earth she has left an amazing legacy.

[@HogRebel]

That’s cool! 😎👍 She certainly was a voice for freedom during the Civil Rights years! May she RIP. 🙏😇

[@sufundasamuels9345]

Ms. Fannie Lou Hamer was a beast in her day and was a force to be reckoned with....this lady was passionate and serious about civil rights and doing the right thing towards humanity....rest in power, Queen!

[@jhustle9880]

That,s very touching paragraph. I'm from Chicago n proud to here the spirit of our ancestors

[@edgardaniels1402]

Stop voting for democrats!! Guess who this man passed the democrat torch to?? He resigned in 78, Biden became a senator in 73, which gave this man 5 years to get him trained up in the ways. How do you get as rich as Biden in a public office with a set salary while I’m as poor as Ms. Fannie? “Thank you Mr. Biden for letting me live for “free” in poverty while your portfolio grows and your family is set up for generations!!”

[@bobbyallen7977]

@@edgardaniels1402 you got that right and it goes for republicans too

[@edgardaniels1402]

@@bobbyallen7977 Agreed, at least republicans let me make some money too though!! They want their money, but they understand that I need some also!! And they’re not trying to give it to illegals!!

[@chefturbo4117]

@@edgardaniels1402 They're all neoliberals using the culture war to keep up the facade. Republicans will sell your livelihood upshore just as fast as Democrats.

[@erichawkins5738]

Fannie Lou Hamer was a star and a blessing in the fight for civil rights in this country. I visited her gravesite just to say thank you yo Ms. Hamer.

[@redlipstickmafia]

Fannie Lou Hamer was amazing! So brave and determined in her fight. Every American should know her name! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@juannunez5767]

Everyone involved in the making of this documentary put their lives on the line. "Disappearing" was a very real possibility.

[@edgardovilla199]

Yep especially back in those days, AND it’s in the Deep South oh yea for sure.

[@butteredbutter420]

@@edgardovilla199 I’m gonna say you don’t live in the “Deep South” because you are spewing a lie.

[@juannunez5767]

@Blue Jazz Same year, same state as the Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner murders. Not doubtful at all.

[@swingman5635]

@Blue Jazz Disagree. Those two guys weren't safe there,they were lucky. They may have been discovered at any time,and could have been assaulted. For sure,their equipment would have been destroyed. I know I wouldn't have gone on that assignment without a care in the world.

[@zach1173]

@Blue Jazz look up Paul Guihard

[@Forflipsake]

TBH those black folks had some darn balls . You can see the strength in their every being.

[@actually5004]

This is capitalism we're talking about- black slaves were the most expensive and their price was justified by the quality.

[@carlburch4450]

Yes and I'm glad they speak about experiencing pure evil & oppression; blatantly being disrespected; treated animals. Yeah tends make do that. Let me guess; you Asian. By the way their the real landowners.

[@MrBalaki97]

They are the real heros for all they have done to perseve re in the face of danger and oppression. Powerfull video thanks for this 🙏

[@kidjustice7945]

I don't think that's is strength its not having a choice. As fannie lou said she's tired of being tired.

[@canek4626]

@@rj6683 Yea with Bricks provided by who?? And those looters on captiol Hill this year were as low as one could go. Violating our nation captiol. I'm doing a research paper,please tell me the year the Anglo American government gave other non Anglo ethnicities honary white status in 🇺🇸??

[@jsucisiqixidjd]

That mother sacrificed all her money to get her son the proper education... that’s the most humble and saddest thing I’ve ever heard

[@watermelon520b]

@Brian H not to this extent

[@thedevilsadvocate5210]

Free college for all black kids.

[@tallahasseepcs8329]

@@thedevilsadvocate5210 You can't cure one injustice with another injustice if you're going to do free college do it for everybody in the memory of these poor black Americans who didn't get that opportunity but don't just try to sing aloud other Americans not just white Americans but other Is races as well

[@AllisonChains64]

@@tallahasseepcs8329 I agree with you. What that person said is what's wrong with this country-- putting one group of people above the others.

[@denzerjeremy]

Why 7 kids?

[@vootamu1]

These are the uncomfortable truths that some still refuse to acknowledge. Thanks for preserving and presenting real history.

[@jb-vb8un]

note this video fails to identtify anti-American DEMOCRATS as the oppessos

[@austinbodiford6360]

Their transparency is very moving. And to think this was 57 years ago is mind blowing.

[@yukonfarnsworth1688]

Its today just in a wealthier society.

[@fatearamines6848]

Wow, my mom is 56.

[@kw2519]

So recent…fucking insane…

[@thebenjamins9]

I now and few years bk... Slaves were being killed in the millions in camps

[@kw2519]

@@thebenjamins9 the ability of human beings to be cruel never ceases to disgust me.

[@113dmg9]

I was helping with Vacation Bible School in 1990 or 1991 at a church in Como, Mississippi. Black children were NOT going to be allowed to participate because some church members didn't want black people inside their church. My husband refused to do it.

[@113dmg9]

(My then-husband...)

[@plaidpanda]

Good on 'im.

[@JesusChrist2000BC]

Sounds like Godly people alright. Being racist about church is about as low as you can go. Its why nobody takes Christianity seriously anymore. Seems like everybody is either racist or a kid toucher.

[@nickbryant2318]

Sounds very Christian

[@midimusicforever]

@@nickbryant2318 Sounds very sarcastic

[@markswift]

The families of the Black GIs that served in WWII should be able to access the GI Bill Benefits denied to their families.

[@garylefevers]

Agreed.

[@beals6631]

Do you mean now?

[@markswift]

Yes, those men fought in World War II and came home and we're denied the benefits they earned. Their surviving families deserve compensation. Research the Bonus Army from World War I and what happened in D.C.

[@MrsABC7997]

And the ones from Korea & Vietnam!

[@edgardovilla199]

LULAC was created originally for WW2 Latino veterans, idk if African Americans had something similar to LULAC

[@melaniejones8993]

Fannie Lou Hamer is a remarkable woman and a hero of the civil rights movement. For those who don’t know her story please read her life story. She will be your hero too😊

[@laurencaulton103]

Fannie Lou Hamer: hero of the fight for voting rights.

[@kesmarn]

And her spiritual daughter is Stacey Abrams.

[@frederickgriffith7004]

@@kesmarn And may God protect her and others like her because they are in for the fight of their lives to try to save our Democracy.I cannot underestimate how dangerous a time we are living in.I am nearly 65yrs old and I saw the ferocity in which people resisted the call for the right of all American citizens to vote and the right to equal protection under the law.Investing our tax dollars equitably for the benefit of all Americans.Indeed most victims of legal Jim Crow in the South and institutionalized Jim Crow in the North were tax paying citizens and consumers but we're not treated and given the respect as such.To some extent this still is true today.Make no mistake the storm clouds are forming even if it is sugar coated in acceptable language.I have seen this movie before

[@raymondbriscoe9467]

Why? Do we, the BLACK AMERICAN CITIZENS STILL VOTE for OUR OLD SLAVE MASTERS POLITICAL PARTY?. THEY HAVE NEVER DONE ANYTHING FOR US. THEY ONLY USE US AS THEIR VOTING BLOCK, KNOWING THAT WE WILL VOTE FOR OUR OLD SLAVE MASTERS POLITICAL PARTY!. WHY? DO WE?

[@raymondbriscoe9467]

The democrats put US ON THEIR WELFARE SYSTEM, to KEEP US ENSLAVED TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR OUR DAILY NECESSITIES!. WISH MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS WOULD SEE THAT WE ARE BEING USED BY OUR OLD SLAVE MASTERS POLITICAL PARTY!. VOTE THE PARTY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN! THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. WHAT! DO WE HAVE TO LOSE?. LOSE OUR OLD SLAVE MASTERS!. NOTHING FAILS! BUT! A TRY.

[@frederickgriffith7004]

@@raymondbriscoe9467 What are we doing raising our children here in the first place.Great country to work and make a living but not to raise a family.Too much hatred and selfishness.When the Republicans had control of the White House and Congress they had every opportunity to eliminate Welfare and Food stamps.Why didn't they?I will support any party that believes I as an American citizen have a right to vote.That I have equal protection under the law.That I have the right to exist. Unfortunately there are extreme elements of the Republican Party who don't believe I have that right, even as a tax paying citizen and consumer.In the end we could wind up losing our lives if we don't choose carefully.We have always been a hated people in this country.If we do not acknowledge that fact we will be led like lambs to the slaughter someday.Im not advocating a violent insurrection.I am saying we must learn how the law and the constitution can protect our rights as citizens and engage and be part of the political process.And of course question and scrutinize either party's true motives and never accept what either party might be saying at face value.Trust me For me personally,the loss of Welfare and Food stamps should be the least of my worries given the toxic political,economic and social climate we live in now

[@brigadierblue221]

As a Mississippian that had Sharecropping grandparents all I can see is them and how they suffered in poverty here 💓💓

[@thomascarroll9556]

@Melanie Jarrett It’s that kind of nonsense belief hope of a heavenly reward that kept the black people in America so downtrodden and so abused FaceTime they woke up to realise that the white man’s religion it’s not even any good for white kids it’s abuse is white kids but it’s far worse for black people

[@thomascarroll9556]

@Melanie Jarrett It’s all the same nonsense Judaism Christianity Islam Hinduism all of the other mythologies of man’s history they’re all made up by people who didn’t understand how the universe works. You probably think Hinduism and some other religions are complete nonsense that’s how I view Christianity no evidence for any of the occurrences lots of contradictions and some pretty awful passages in your so-called holy book such the bit where God thinks lots wife deserves to be turned into a pillar of salt just for looking back but when lot actually offers his to virgin daughters to the baying mob for a gangbang that’s okay with him later on when the two girls rape their drunken father and incestuously conceive children that’s okay with God as well. Any time the Bible mentions rape as a crime it is as a crime against the property owner i.e. a father or a husband nowhere is it thought to be a crime against the woman what a disgrace is it is it is that you are sticking up for this horrible cult of human sacrifice.

[@thomascarroll9556]

@Melanie Jarrett I don’t see anything you are deluded it’s not your fault you were indoctrinated as I was as a child fortunately for me I became educated and read the Bible, a couple of different versions(why are there different versions of gods word couldn’t he speak clearly). I take it you’re okay with the rape and incest in the Bible then it’s okay because God thought it was okay is that your moral judgement I’m sure it’s not. Nobody knows g0d, despite there being over 3,000 descriptions of g0ds through human history not one shred of testable evidence has ever been offered. The “major religions” all have schisms and different versions (Christianity is the worst with 30,000 in the US alone and upwards of 40,000 worldwide) the idea of Omnipotent Omniscient and Omnipresence g0d who then couldn’t get a clear message to his creation of what he was and what he did is laughable, why would he have any chosen people and ffs why would they have to cut the foreskins off the infant boys penises so he could identify them, it’s ludicrous. Are you brave and honest enough to try The Outsiders Test of Faith: JOHN W Loftus was born on September 18, 1954.[1] He earned a bachelor's degree from Great Lakes Christian College in 1977, Master of Arts and Master of Divinity degrees from Lincoln Christian Seminary in 1982, and a Master of Theology degree from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in 1985.[2] He dropped out of a Doctor of Philosophy program in theology and ethics at Marquette University in 1987.[2] Loftus was a minister and taught apologetics, philosophy, critical thinking, and ethics at several colleges, including The College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL, Lincoln Christian University, Lincoln, IL, Great Lakes Christian College, Lansing, MI, and Trine University, Angola, IN. In the mid 1990s in light of an extramarital affair Loftus had a crisis of faith and eventually rejected Christianity.[3] Loftus has authored ten books to date: The Christian Delusion (2010) The End of Christianity (2011), Why I Became an Atheist (2012), The Outsider Test of Faith: How to Know Which Religion Is True (2013), God or Godless (2013, co-written with Randal Rauser), Christianity Is Not Great (2014), How to Defend the Christian Faith: Advice from an Atheist (2015), Christianity in the Light of Science (2016), UnApologetic: Why Philosophy of Religion Must End (2016), and The Case against Miracles (2019). His key contribution is in his book The Outsider Test For Faith. It asks believers to test their religious faith as an outsider: "The best way to test one’s adopted religious faith is from the perspective of an outsider with no double standards, using the same level of skepticism one uses to evaluate other religious faiths." "It is no different than the prince in the Cinderella story who must question forty-five thousand people to see which girl lost the glass slipper at the ball the previous night. They all claim to have done so. Therefore, skepticism is definitely warranted when approaching any woman who claims to have the right foot fit."

[@thomascarroll9556]

@Melanie Jarrett I see that the Christian Taliban support Trump built their own “golden calf” at the CPAC. Give it a couple of years and they’ll be declaring Maryann McLeod Trump a virgin and that baby Donald was born in a manger!

[@thomascarroll9556]

@Melanie Jarrett Also the biblical scholars got confused didn’t me and you’re the one to tell them you’re the one with the direct line to God you want to seek psychiatric help if you’re hearing voices in your head. When he was chatting to you didn’t he give you a good argument to justify all the rape stuff and the incest in his book

[@thewettee9499]

I think the african Americans took bigger risks doing the interviews ! Thankyou for this !

[@illuminickiblanco]

Absolutely

[@1computernew]

It was dangerous for the Black people and the white media who reported these kinds of stories. Unless you were there, you have no idea how dangerous things were. Whites were beaten within inches of their lives if they were exposed for trying to further the cause of civil rights and voting rights. I WAS THERE.

[@peterlyons8793]

@@1computernew I think you personal testimony is as important as these film interviews. Your experiences should be recorded for prosperity.

[@michaelterrell5061]

@@1computernew Peter Lyons is right, you should speak up about those experiences.

[@michaelterrell5061]

@@peterlyons8793 I agree.

[@user-em7xd5fb4t]

My grandfather was a sharecropper in Nc, my dad was the oldest boy, who was taken out of school in the 6 grade,to help his father share crop. He was not allowed to ever return to School, He said he cried almost everyday, because he was so smart in his lesson. He eventually ran away at the young age of 15, met a white home builder who taught he how to build houses from the ground up. He carved out a pretty good life for himself during his time on earth, homebuilder , business owner, a great father!! Never give up, chase that dream, make it a reality!!!

[@spaceman081447]

I remember John Stennis and James Eastland with disgust. I was glad to meet Fannie Lou Hamer when I was in Mississippi doing voter registration work in 1968.

[@93Jubilee]

Same here, as a white Mississippian, I have nothing but disgust for Stennis and Eastland (of the two, I think Stennis was a little bit better/less evil).

[@thenaturalmidsouth9536]

Eastland was despicable. And he was a real welfare dad, he got more government subsidies for his businesses than almost any other individual in the state.

[@davenewsom5985]

​@93Jubilee I'm just glad that not all Mississippians were racist as most in the 60s. I'm a White Texan and I love Black people, and this senator is, I believe, Burning in HELL.

[@sojourningteddybear6838]

God bless Ms. Fannie! She refused to be derailed! ❤️ 💪🏾

[@bjnowak]

she’s right”money should be spent at home first” that still goes on today

[@nestormatos8477]

I agree, this is what Trump was doing for us, America First

[@thomascarroll9556]

@@nestormatos8477 Oh no it wasn’t what Trump was doing and it’s a deflection argument the United States is a rich enough country to provide for all its citizens and to help poor people around the world just like all the western European countries but they choose to be selfish the rich want to keep their money for themselves exploit the working class and divide the workers of the world

[@ianleavitt8333]

@@thomascarroll9556 easy now Karl, if cultures could be assimilated that easily we would never have war.

[@mykiemilford720]

@@nestormatos8477 He provided a $1 trillion tax break for top 1 percenters. That’s the extent of his largess toward poverty in the United States. Saying America First as a snappy sound bite isn’t the same as governing that way.

[@theodorekorehonen]

@@nestormatos8477 Trump didn't do shit for the working class. All he did was stuff money back in the pockets of his rich friends while they purchased empty hotel rooms he owned at exorbitant prices. A grifter and bold-faced liar is all that POS was. He bewilderingly managed to dupe a lot of people though. I guess sometimes people see what they want to see because to see the truth would be too painful.

[@KeyLoLo322]

My family (great grandparents, grandmother, and my dad and uncle) lived on that plantation!

[@antoinettewooten5561]

@@KeyLoLo322 Wow

[@davenewsom5985]

I hope they had a peaceful life after Slavery. Your ancestors are NOT Forgotten, ma'am.

[@WizardOfAtlantis]

Just two generations ago but it seems like centuries in some respects.

[@Cassandra_Steel]

Thats what the complicit establishment works hard for citizens to believe

[@nicholasparker2086]

If this was in color it would help break that illusion. My father was already 20 years old by this time

[@lalani888blue]

Agree...

[@vukashin88]

Definitely still going on. I believe vice has some contemporary reports interviewing these people down in the south.

[@rhaastaa]

And in many ways it could be today

[@petes.6609]

101 years after the civil war it sickens me how black Americans were still treated under Jim Crow laws every soldier of every color should have the freedoms the rights of every American who fought for this country. God bless the people that had enough courage to speak out in 1964 knowing they can still be lynched or dragged by a pickup truck.History does remember the evil and the good that senator and his family should be ashamed till this day nothing good should be said about him.Great video David.

[@tonibutts8828]

Were still being dragged by pickup trucks.

[@rightnews339]

Yet black people still vote for the party of KKK, and Jim crow, the party of oppression, The Democrat party.

[@simox362]

@@tonibutts8828 tf? no your not

[@watchr740]

@@tonibutts8828Citation?

[@Makakahanap]

@@tonibutts8828 no we aren't haha

[@wesleywatson4985]

May the Most High Lord Bless all my ancestors they have seen hard things without them I could not be. Blessings

[@DramaMustRemainOnTheStage]

Fannie Lou Gamer was a brave lady

[@Coffeeisnecessarynowpepper]

She only lived 59 years 😱😱

[@indi1omccoln565]

*Hamer

[@lenblack1462]

She was a Gamer before video games. LOL!

[@1computernew]

Yes, she was.

[@peterlyons8793]

Please use the correct spelling of Fannie Lou Hamer's name. After her death in 1977, my Buffalo State College professor, Larry Flood told his political science class about Mrs. Hamer's life based on his personal knowledge of her work. I remember him saying she had helped hundreds of Blacks in Mississippi register to vote for the first time. For her efforts she was shot at, threatened and harassed by racist neighbors and the police. I also remember he giving the warning that if you were arrested you would be killed in a southern prison. It was so shocking for a 22- year old, white, suburban student to hear I still remember it 40 years later.

[@miltmarhoffer7829]

David, I have said to you before, you out did yourself yet again!!! I'm 62, the civil rights movement was in the history books. Thank you SO much for this. I absolutely love hearing right from the mouths of people who were there

[@skellurip]

keeping people poor so they desperately working for lowest possible income and deep in debt, that's sounds familiar

[@feikotemme8736]

You are one of the few ones who get it.It never started out as a race thing.But simply the Haves taking advantage of the Havenots.In order to being able to play the Havenots out against each other the Haves invented the race card,and it still functions like a dream.They just flipped over the card 180° recently because that alignes their interests better with the current political climate,which in itself is the direct result of the conditions they created themselves in the past.

[@bobhillenbrand1112]

Pretty much what the current Party of the Confederacy - the GOP - is all about. The Southern Strategy of the Republicans took the racist mantle of the old Dixiecrats. And here we are with a racial party demographic very similar (tho’ not identical) to the 1960s.

[@lauriannajones]

New Africa colony plan ....search it up. To keep them poor to keep looting the resources

[@dddddadadad1796]

Oh please. THE MINIMUM WAGE NEEDS TO STAY. JUST WHAT IT IS. PERIOD

[@steelworking1143]

@@bobhillenbrand1112 bahaha yeah keep believing that .

[@lsbberean1224]

I’m white and live in Mississippi. I used to be a racist a long time ago. And I woke up. I used to be in that horrible group with three letters. Like I said I woke up. I now hate people who think anyone is inferior to them. I fell in love with a African American woman. And she me. We are engaged and knows about my past. I’m free now mentally and spiritually. Racism is a prison of ignorance

[@mayqueen2]

Never too late to let go of hate!❤️

[@alexie101010]

Wow, glad to hear it. Keep spreading the love to those around you!

[@isaacb5968]

I hope you saved that white hood for the bedroom😉

[@jordanwhisson5407]

Well done brother

[@kkaled8268]

@@isaacb5968 you a weirdo for saying that

[@daboe-sr8ce]

The saddest thing about Mississippi is even if you have the brains, drive, and ingenuity to succeed the way the economic and social structure is set up a person has to leave the state in order to acheive anything. Especially if you're black.

[@actually5004]

Except if you truly have the brains, drive, and ingenuity to succeed then the racism, sexism, x-phobias, etc. won't stop you. Just like how it didn't stop literally every successful black Mississippian that has ever lived, like Rick Ross and Oprah. Being the perpetual victim only proves the racists correct.

[@daboe-sr8ce]

@@actually5004 success is a relative term especially in the case of that state. There's a reason why you have a state that consistantly ranks at or near the bottom of every metric from health outcomes to education. It's one of the reason why my people fled Carthage, MS in the 50's.

[@actually5004]

@@daboe-sr8ce So instead of trying to change their environment for the better your people abandoned the rest of us instead of uplifting their fellow countrymen? And you wonder why Mississippi has such terrible metrics.

[@daboe-sr8ce]

@@actually5004 the whole of the U.S is comprised of our fellow countrymen so I don't know what you meant by that comment. Also, I wouldn't trade the life and environment my parents were able to provide for my brothers and I for the feudalism we would've been subjected to in Mississippi EVER.

[@actually5004]

@@daboe-sr8ce Just because you wouldn't trade your lifestyle to fight the good fight where it's needed most doesn't mean it didn't need to happen to improve the living conditions of every black American *everywhere* in the country but especially in Mississippi. Not everyone can be a strong as the civil rights leaders our country's seen but it takes very little effort and very little time in some cases to change a single mind- and considering our demographics even if every person only changed a single mind it would have a huge impact.

[@ajisstillright]

This is far out, David. I love this lady and her bravery, courage, and WILLPOWER. Sending love and positive vibrations your way-Joshua

[@FamousAtticusJS]

Ms. Fannie Lou Hamer was certainly a force. The trials and tribulations she endured during her 59 years of life are beyond sad &sickening. I didn't know much about her bravery & activism prior to watching this video, but after my first viewing I wanted to know more about her story, so I did a bit of reading up on her. Although her life was full of plenty grief & hardships, she was a true pioneer, full of grit and true heroism. She played a pivotal role for women's & civil rights in this country. I hope she is resting easy.

[@backsweet]

My grandmother and grandfather were sharecropping too. I remember going to North Carolina and seeing cotton around the house. Sometimes, corn or watermelon around the house. It looked just like the house these people lived in. Once when I was 5 years old, around 1964, we traveled to Carolina from Brooklyn NY and stopped at a gas station in Virginia...just before the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. I told my mom I had to pee. The gas station attendant sent us to the back of the station and into the woods. I didn't know it then but Black people couldn't use the bathroom whites used. When we got back to the car, my mom said "I'm so sick of this shit down here"...she told my father. Later in life, at about 20, I asked her what that was about bcuz it stayed in my memory. That's when she told me it was about segregation.

[@the1knifepro169]

Good times.

[@Bioshadowknight]

It's so heartbreaking hearing the father at the end talk about how his son will have everything he needs after he returns from the punishment of Vietnam knowing that Washington would betray that same vision once the war was over.

[@timothybrown6988]

And like every other promise that the U.S. has ever made. They lied again.

[@Pop3395]

The military, for many people was the chance to better yourself. If they survived.

[@kfrancis1872]

I wonder if his son returned strung out, demonized, and traumatized....as so many did.

[@danniet4733]

Washington and white America both eagerly worked togheter to make Black people lives hell on earth. To have so much hatred just because of someones skin color must be an inferior way of living!!!!

[@Pop3395]

@@ness7342 I respect your post. Are you a Vietnam veteran? I am. Attended Texas Southern University an HBCU school. Financed by the G.I. Bill. My father air force the same. Cousin Prairie View university now a Major in the Marine Corps. Another cousin retired Sergeant Major Marine Corps. All received benefits. All black. I grew up acres homes in North Houston. So respectfully I disagree.. I saw some guys took advantage of opportunities. And some didn't. Obstacles are real. Yet, discipline and refusing to ACCEPT obstacles. A person has to have.

[@pantherman16]

I've been to Sunflower county. There's plenty of James Eastland's still around.

[@shayjones5099]

And a hell waiting for them.

[@larrywheeler9917]

Their all wearing Maga hats.

[@michaelbarnett2527]

@@larrywheeler9917 Judge not... Democrats are the ones keeping blacks down- just like eastland.

[@dalaimama4362]

@@michaelbarnett2527 but yet it’s the republicans waving confederate flags

[@obosumba]

@@michaelbarnett2527 Wow the party that routinely runs Black candidates and has a huge Black voting base is also that one that passed Civil Rights legislation and the Voting Rights act. Republicans since the 60's to this day are proudly flying the confederate flag and voting against civil rights and voting rights. Time to read a history book before you make a comment.

[@jimmygutierrez2624]

You’re doing gods work with this channel, forever objectively showing our history. Thank you mister Hoffman

[@justgeorge3728]

Mr. Hoffman is a working class Hero!

[@terryboot7777]

Why doesn't god do the work himself. If god controls everything, racism shouldn't exist.

[@suatchaglan7446]

@@terryboot7777 god doesn’t exist if your thinking of a magical white bearded man on a cloud... my god and ur god are very different...

[@wepsar]

@@suatchaglan7446 God is unknowable.

[@suatchaglan7446]

@@wepsar i see God everyday?

[@ChooseCompassion]

Fannie Lou Hamer is one of the bravest and smartest women that ever lived. You were all very brave like her to consider entering that evil world. But the world needs to know all our history not just part of it.

[@godsgirl7201]

989k people liked this that just shows how many races are interested in slavery want facts

[@larrywheels762]

When this history tries to reach the mainstream in our schools, the conservatives call it critical race theory and shoot it down.

[@aarondigby5054]

Fannie Lou Hamer =mother of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party =true freedom fighter.

[@AaronTheGreat________]

No she wasn’t nowhere near ancient and Stone Age women much braver

[@tamilhoward9708]

Eastland was one of the biggest recipients of federal welfare in the Delta. He worked the system to get multiple agriculture subsidy payments.

[@scotchnsoda8725]

@@Sovereign_Citizen_LEO And he also headed the Conservative Coalition, which brought southern Dixiecrats and rightwing Goldwater Republicans together to opposed progressive legislation. They joined forces to shoot down many of JFK's ideas, including MEDICARE in '62. Of course, once Goldwater voted "no" on the Civil Rights Act of '64, Mississippi, a solid Democratic state at that time, gave the GOP candidate 87% of it's vote in the Presidential election and only 12% to LBJ.

[@larrywheeler9917]

True. Billie sol Estes ran a agriculture scam with his buddy lbj getting the contracts. It was all through Dixie . They put in military bases , then allowed the troops to be shaken down with the racketeers. The payoffs were in cash back then.

[@larrywheeler9917]

@@Sovereign_Citizen_LEO the proper way to describe the fix south was the segregationists racists who put up the confederate statues were conservatives. The civil rights supporters were liberals. Fannie Lou hamer Was a Democrat. The liberal wing of the party. I'll bet your a confederate statue protecting conservative. Lol

[@larrywheeler9917]

@@scotchnsoda8725 the old Dixie democrats all swung Republican with Goldwater Nixon Reagan.

[@ceebee8042]

He was as corrupt as the Trumpers are today. Just self-interested grifters.. Dixiecrats are Republicans today. They grifter most whites too. They could care less for the people.

[@intensivemanagement]

Not only is this terrible it happened in modern times in a nation that has a bill of rights for its citizens- thank you for shining the light on these injustices through your lens - David Hoffman - filmmaker

[@Callousedhands.]

Now today civil rights all go to transgender or LGBTQ and whatever other letter that has been added.

[@trayquanwilliams9991]

blacks have no standing in America bills of rights

[@username38800]

@@trayquanwilliams9991 bro?🤨📸

[@alicel3992]

@@darrylscott7242 Feel free to leave this country.😡😡😡

[@x2malandy]

@@darrylscott7242 Ever think of why some people are racist today? People wake up, and the morning news has all the murders that happened overnight. They go to work all day, come home, watch the news and hear of all the murders, stabbing's, knock out games, stealing, robberies, theft, give away money projects, food stamp programs, rapes, looting, arsons, that went on while they were at work. Today we need security cameras, driveway alerts, personal protection to protect ourselves. I was in those share croppers houses when I was young, ate with them, talked with them, sat on their couch's and those people were smarter, friendlier, nicer than people today.

[@narkelnaru2710]

My God. If we ever lack courage, we must think of these people who show us the way.

[@aeliviacameron2379]

Well said

[@fullclipaudio]

Two Russian military proverbs come to mind: A wet man doesn't fear the rain & More comfort brings less courage. People today are afraid to speak out because of cancel culture and they might lose some wealth. These folks didn't have any wealth and by the looks of it, they certainly had few comforts. What, then, did they have to lose? You'll see that courage again when the value of the dollar goes to zero and that day is just around the corner.

[@DiabolikalFollikles]

I ALWAYS look to my Ancestors for strength, particularly my Foremothers. If they could persevere the ineffable sufferings of Jim Crow: I can certainly persevere my petty little problems in THESE times. Hold your heads up Black people. We are STILL here. We are STILL strong. 🖤✊🏾🖤

[@jenniferwiggins8404]

Madame Fannie Hamer, is a credit to the human race!! God bless you! I look up to you and hone you!🙏🏽❤️👏🏽🎊

[@magicking8060]

A great way to expose a disgusting abuser, show real footage of real people affected, with nothing to gain other than justice

[@NajSinghs]

💯

[@arctichare8185]

Today there's social media; at least so far.

[@malte2483]

This is a shocking and good documentary...racism and *modern slavery*...over a half century later?..it still exists👿

[@realdeal8303]

We should be a boiling pot by now if racism still existed

[@sunsetsherbert27]

✊

[@tysonion01]

This is the sort of thing that should be seen in public school. Thanks for saving this and sharing it with the rest of us. Americans need to be taught the truth.

[@benardkibet9290]

I am from Kenya 🇰🇪 and this made me cry 😭

[@gregoryderosa8045]

Beta! Lol jk

[@jessicarowley9631]

An extraordinary piece of film. It took real courage to be interviewed for this.

[@beedubree2550]

It's hard for me to reconcile just how recent this was. This was 1964, 55 years ago, but it's so unempathetic and evil that it feels like it would have to have been happening in the 19th century. My grandma was already 30 years old when this was happening. Unbelievable.

[@MichaelGunner123]

58 years ago actually

[@sergegainsbourgii1852]

This is why they don't want actual history taught in schools. Many are alive today who actively participated for, against or hid from this disgusting oppression. I wish we ALL interviewed the elders around us for the TRUTH.

[@keenannorris3309]

It wasn't that long ago. My mother was a teenager when this was filmed. I'm not an old man: 40 years old.

[@TheLily97232]

And people still say "it was a long time ago get over it"

[@sergegainsbourgii1852]

@@TheLily97232 100% why a Truth and Reconciliation Commission is needed.

[@sambassbo93]

This is an important piece of history, thank you for sharing. It’s one that we would like to forget, but we cannot, and we should not

[@mactown91210]

Kills me when someone thinks that they’re so called superior based off of skin color. Not intellect but skin color.

[@LC-jq7vn]

Intelligence doesn’t make you superior either. You aren’t superior to nature trust me even if you are smarter than most of it.

[@ayelleefun2620]

King king. Those racist people knew from the beginning that they had to dethrone the blk race, they saw and read the reports from their reconnissant squad and the spying network hidden behind social workers and the many religious groups who carried gifts, a bible, surely they never displayed their truthful reasoning why they were really there, with all of the powerful things they witness surely the information they provided the hateful and racist opportunists back in the states was to come up with strategies to destroy and control the minds of Afrikans, because they feared what could have happened if Africans were to get their hands on books.

[@mactown91210]

@@LC-jq7vn yea okay but that has nothing to do with what I was saying. I’m address these racist fools who think that skin color makes someone superior to another. You went left on that one.

[@raleighburner1589]

I love nubians ...test

[@drawwitme8316]

What's new in the mac these days

[@mausbornmausborn2701]

This can't be shared in America schools, would be considered CRT. THANK GOD FOR KZbin!!

[@MagikFingers420]

Guess you weren't around when the movie 'The Color Purple' came out.

[@macewbee]

Wow thanks for posting this Mr. Hoffman.

[@randywhitejr.8825]

This documentary should be shown all around the world.

[@patandersen4271]

It's on KZbin.

[@mattm8932]

The world doesn’t care. The GOP is actively attempting to return to these times via discriminatory policy.

[@yeerrr2726]

@@mattm8932 let them try lol, it wouldn’t work out well

[@leftsidem5030]

@dylan murphy You are missing the point

[@rippspeck]

Sorry to tell you, but the world can't help you with your dirty laundry.

[@ezio2altair]

It always amazed me how Mississippi, one of the most evangelical, bible-believing states in the country could also be one of the most prejudiced. It’s like the command to love one another just completely went over their head.

[@greatplainsman3662]

Church on every corner.

[@OldHeathen1963]

Says a lot, doesn't it.

[@jacquelinewilliamson8933]

She should be recognised as one of the most influential person of our time. She was brave and stood up for what she believed in. In a so called religious county what a brilliant woman.

[@randyschmidt19]

The Bible endorses slavery and those beliefs were certainly connected to people like that Senator who felt rightchous in their actions.

[@alfredmayes5005]

2 Corinthians 11:13-15 KJVS No marvel for Apostle Paul warned of this in 2 Corinthians 11: For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works. In the Greek, the word transforming means disguised. The devil is a scripture lawyer, so one area where he can do the most damage is from the pulpit. Those slave owners and klansmen who were in the pulpit on Sundays were ministers of Satan. Plain and simple. They were not of God.

[@quarterlore6272]

Your colleague did a service to future generations that cannot be given a price. So important that we have this.

[@adambenedict6155]

Mr. Hoffman, As Our nation recognizes Black History Month. I think this was an a appropriate vignette to post. I did not realize that people still lived on plantations in the 1960s.

[@lkv2021]

Regarding your comment, there are some shocking things still going on that never stopped. Ms. Antoinette Harrell (I might have spelled her last name incorrectly) has some videos and interviews you can find here on youtube that I think everyone should see. What a wonderful woman!

[@adambenedict6155]

@@lkv2021, I will give those a watch. Thank you for your comment and suggestion.

[@lkv2021]

@@adambenedict6155 Of course. Thanks for being a decent human.

[@piercehawke8021]

If discussing de facto 'slaves'; that shocked me as well. Needless to say; I'd would agree if some restitution was given to those (Black) people who were treated that way. And I'm 100% sure that some felony charges, like kidnapping as well as unlawful detainment, could come into play for anybody born prior to 1965........no statute of limitations for certain crimes.

[@lkv2021]

@@piercehawke8021 Yes, I hope they found those people! Black people from America and England, to islands like Jamaica, etc. (too many places to name where Africans were enslaved) and Indigenous Americans should receive reparations, yesterday.

[@harisrakha860]

I glad that someone filming this and kept the record for decades, thank you sir!

[@mrscp04]

Ms. Fannie Lou was a beautiful, strong and courageous woman. I'm looking forward to meeting her in heaven.

[@Helperbot-2000]

This is the saddest thing ive read

[@-t96]

She won't be in heaven, hopefully she'll be in the first resurrection as stated in the book. Revelation 20:6 (KJV) Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

[@bigbrownie2105]

I am 65 years old and I was born on Eastland Plantation in what they called the quarter. I was delivered by a midwife by the name of Ms. Abbie Stone. When I was 6 years old my family moved north for a better life. I've heard all these stories. How they were cheated out of pay for picking cotton. And having to shop at the company store at astronomical interest rates. They would deduct it out of their crops and picking cotton. Just an absolutely sad situation.

[@mth469]

Same thing was happening to Native Americans with regards to the "company store".

[@moniquewallace7744]

😱🤯🤭😭💔🤬😡😢✊🏾💔🙏🏾

[@jacoba7293]

Thats same way the coal company's used to do when my dad was a child you didnt get money you got vouchers you had to use at the coal company's store

[@mth469]

@@jacoba7293 These days we have private banks that control the nation's monetary system effectively doing the same thing. i.e forcing the people to use their intrinsically worthless money and forcing people to pay them bailouts when their gambles fail.

[@Genxgurl]

Wow. I had heard of Fannie Lou Hamer, but didn’t know her backstory. Great educational video.

[@godsgirl7201]

😢

[@nestormatos8477]

I saw this in 63 while in Akansas, we (my entire family) were stationed in Fort Chaffee at the time, it was a shock to say the least.

[@1mrflo]

Wow! Thank you so much for this. For people that think racism is not as bad as it was “back in the days” need to understand that most of our House members, Senators, last two presidents and Federal Judges were adults or alive when this was filmed. People change I understand that but some don’t. 🇺🇸🤔

[@joehair1513]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fILEl5qGmc-Xn9U

[@lilsnuff7987]

Can’t believe we lived in a time like this. Very scary times.

[@hereigoagain5050]

Thanks for keeping this history alive! I lived through Jim Crow & civil rights (white boy in Indianapolis) but didn't really understand it until reading "The Warmth of Other Suns" by Isabel Wilkerson.

[@BossLadii71]

That Is An AMAZING Read!! I live in the South Suburbs of Chicago and as I was reading the book, I could see where the woman who migrated to Chicago, was hit by the bus on 87th St as I have been on 87th & the Dan Ryan many times, I was on the Redline train coming up to the stop there as I was reading, I remember that day all so well. I could see the old Campbell Soup Co as the story leaping off of the pages at me. Learning another side of the story of the Pullman Porters, as we have a neighborhood named after George Pullman that he created for his workers here in Chicago. I'm one to appreciate the History, that I can be grateful for my present, had it NOT BEEN for the Fanny Lou Hammers in my own family, fighting for me to have a future, I don't know where I would be..

[@lazylightning9378]

Thanks for this, David.

[@melloone611]

57 years on and Mississippi is STILL the poorest state in the US. Makes you wonder why people vote against their best interest OR just not voting at all?

[@nestormatos8477]

Is'nt that the truth

[@HOTPLATEGAMING]

Mississippi will forever be backwards

[@kollennekoll5997]

They would prefer to be poor and starving rather than voting for their own interest.

[@cloudatlas349]

Makes you wonder why revolution is still considered radical...

[@DK_Kent]

@@HOTPLATEGAMING wrong

[@badazzl5oc625]

i learn alot about history from your videos and have a great deal of respect and admiration for you and your work

[@alexansari2138]

I lived in lower Alabama near the Mississippi line and I can tell you this much, that racism is in full season over there. Laws have been made to curb racism, but there is no real reason to really implement those laws. I feel sorry for the oriental looking population over there as they are treated very poorly. There are some exceptions, but they are exceptions. No one should be made to feel less important due to the color of their skin color, race, religion, sex, any disability, age, and any other reason.

[@piercehawke8021]

Interesting about the 'Oriental looking population' now referred to as Asians back then; in a LOT of Jim Crow states, at least lighter skinned Asians defaulted over as 'White', legally speaking. And the original Siamese Twins, Cheng and Eng Bunker; their mixed White/Asian kids also defaulted to 'White'. Too, the Bunker brothers apparently were also slaveowners in the Antebellum South.

[@actually5004]

Raised in Biloxi, lived there most my civilian life. "Laws have been made to curb racism, but there is no real reason to really implement those laws." The ACLU, SPLC, and BBB (not to mention Yelp) do a damn fine job at making sure anybody even remotely accused of racism gets sued into the dirt at a Federal level and loses their business license, dealer license, liquor license, etc. ASAP. Not only that, down here a business with a racist owner or employees won't survive regardless because damn near 40% of the population statewide (therefore 40% of customers) are POC and in some areas that can exceed 75%. (Mobile being around 60%, and Jackson MS being over 80% black alone) Racism is expensive, even just the accusation, and especially in one of the poorest states and ESPECIALLY due to the fact that the Gulf Coast doesn't survive without tourism. Not to mention if a casino or hotel fires you for racism, every casino and hotel will blacklist you for being a threat to their bottom line. "I feel sorry for the oriental looking population over there as they are treated very poorly." The largest demographic of Asians here are the Vietnamese, who were given businesses with licenses, homes, cars, fishing boats and secured loans courtesy of the MS and US governments. Their communities have a bit of a problem with self-segregation but everyone down here knows those communities are literal shining jewels of American exceptionalism and entrepreneurship despite being displaced by the horrors of communist governments, which affords them a great deal of respect in our most influential circles. They're also well-regarded especially among our conservative politicians due to their immensely strong family units that somehow keep more money in Mississippi than every other demographic because they spend all their money at family-owned businesses. (Btw the Chinese kids will call you baizuo for calling them oriental, thank Top Ramen/ Maruchan for that- they're fine with Asian for as long as they're fine with not telling you their nationality- then it's a courtesy to use that instead) Nah man, the racists all white-flighted their asses north (and out of the delta and every major city) over two generations ago and the stubborn exceptions have nothing better to do than sit at home hiding with their thumbs up their asses because there's just nowhere left to go where racists won't have to interact with POC. Don't forget either that we Mississippians are very cognizant of our past and the last thing any of us want is an anti-MS witch hunt or boycott fueled by the prejudice that we're all still racist despite being one of the most accommodating states and despite being run by Republicans. TL;DR you'll still get lynched here but only for fucking up our tourism by being inhospitable.

[@actually5004]

​@Charles Gair I'm all-against mass incarceration but at the same time they aren't there unjustifiably because we never outlawed slavery "except as punishment for a crime" so that we could effectively use slave labor and fines to finance our justice system. That's only racist if you truly believe black people have no free agency. I don't think I need to explain how racist of an idea that is.

[@SteverRob]

@ Alex You say you “lived in lower AL” ; when was that, the 1960s? I’m another Biloxian, have been here since 1967 and I can wholeheartedly say that the state of MS, at least the Gulf Coast region (which is more like FL) is nothing like it was in the 1960s. I see more tolerance between people of color and whites here than I see in northern states. I’ve mentioned this in other videos of David’s. The Vietnamese population, as noted here, have worked hard and have flourished here in the fishing industry, until the casino industry finished it off. The entire eastern extreme of the Biloxi peninsula is practically Vietnamese. Their business ethic is family oriented; In the 80s I saw houses with 2-3 families living in them as they pooled their resources. Maybe the racism is alive and well in Alabama, but somehow I don’t think that it is, not like the sixties.

[@SirNic4180]

Great. You sat around and did nothing. Do you want a cookie 🍪 or something? Keep that little sorry.

[@cathyfisher7894]

What Fannie said about the government spending money abroad and not at home still stands, it’s a disgrace

[@evictcalifornia2141]

The USA gives 1 billion dollars a day to the only "democracy" in the Middle East. That country has free education free health care on our dime. Until we flush out the corruption at every political level Americans will never be put first in their own country.

[@fd4511]

Totally understandable. Times have changed, and in the interconnected global economy, we have to make and keep allies to prevent global problems escalating and coming to our shores. The fact that there was no Ebola outbreak in USA is the result of a team of experts having fought it in Africa. Trump has abolished that team just before COVID pandemic. There is sufficient money being made for both internal and external investments, but a select group of Congress people is taking bribes from multinational corporations for themselves, but not enough taxes are taken from those same multi billionaires for the rest of the Americans. Wealth tax, or a minimum corporate tax would solve the question of financing domestic programs. BTW, I am all for "libraries, not bombers" in principle, but also appreciate knowing that an aggressive foreign government would think hard about the risks before planning an assault on USA.

[@matthewhines6362]

Yup

[@justranda1]

That pathetic example of a man 'serving in office' has met his end. Believe it or not, he was senator from 1941 until 1978! I remember bc I was in HS those years. Stennis was also a Dixie Dem...served 1948-1989 til 93! Sidenote: Mitch McConnell is from the same cloth... can we say TERM LIMITS!!!

[@AztlanViva]

A Kentuckian here...have never, did not, and will never vote for Mitch McConnell. As long as the Democrat Party adopts wildly absurd platforms and has no acceptance for moderates, divided government will remain in our future. I flip-flop on the idea of term limits. It has its pros & cons. However do bear in mind that if term limits were instituted, a civil rights icon such as the late Congressmen John Lewis, who served 33 years in the House, would've been out on his ear years ago.

[@WilliamRing45]

Can we say, "Black voters?"

[@WilliamRing45]

@@AztlanViva I have never seen a "wildly absurd" Democratic platform. Most Democrats would be right of center in the European and Pacific democratic republics. AOC is a moderate on a world scale. Fucking Second Reich imperial Germany had national health in 1905. People in this country have been mystified by the champions of greed and their "wedge" issues.

[@marcfisk7730]

Seems like the republicans greatest success is to paint the Democrats as 'loony leftists', which the majority of them are certainly not.

[@mlee6842]

Will help the situation. And should try to stop gerrymandering!

[@natashabetts7509]

Thank you for sharing this footage with us on KZbin so that history is not lost.I deeply appreciate the man who shot this footage and you for sharing it.

[@joyflavell7385]

Thank you for sharing this. I was 11 in 1964 the first time I encountered racism when we moved to Alabama and I'd just about swear our neighbors were Klan. I came home after meeting their daughter who was my age and was telling my parents things she'd said and they immediately told me those were the wrong things. We moved to a different neighborhood a short time later but the attitude was everywhere. George Wallace was governor and fighting integration. After last year and the protests over George Floyd's murder Mississippi STILL elected a woman to the Senate who actually said she'd be happy to go to a lynching with I think another politician who was helping her. I couldn't believe she'd be elected but was. It's infuriating and WRONG that ANYONE who has those views is in Congress. No wonder the state is so low in education. And it's not just Mississippi. Florida Alabama Louisiana Georgia Texas and no doubt plenty of other states. 150 years after the Civil war over 60 years since the Civil Rights movement and a confederate flag was carried into the Capital on January 6th. This kind of ignorance and prejudice is taught from the cradle and has to STOP!!! Sorry to vent BUT when politicians get elected by appealing to hate and fear It's the WORST thing for our country and NOT who we are and supposed to be. We can be better.

[@loralarose9615]

He fighting intergation with senator or Biden and Wallace and shot Kennedy and lbj. Segregationist signed to keep the dems base voting dem 200 years and it’s working . They do nothing for the inter city to babe look nice

[@erinmcdonald7781]

You're right. We need to find a way to stop this hate from tearing down progress made. My aunt, an activist since the 60's who even stood as protection for the Black Panthers, said it's a continuation of the fight. She's taking recent events better than I am. I'm going to have to channel some of her experience and remember that we're on the right side of history. I hope we can push these trolls and racists back into the corners and caves, as well as get the education funding and mandates needed to combat this ignorant hate.

[@markfreeland1027]

I agree, and applaud your truthful candor in your comment. It's powerful, and sorely needed right now. Please help educate your acquaintences, family, neighbors about the importance of their voices in the next election. That is still the place where we all can affect improvement to the current state of affairs. Vote for democrats in every office, to rebuke the republicans for their vile ways.

[@mintone2008]

Who was the politician that said she would like to go to a lynching??? State the name not an empty statement

[@Neekwillparadigmshift_369]

💯🥂💚💡🙏🏿

[@patj4952]

You never disappoint. Thank you.

[@Coffeeisnecessarynowpepper]

David Hoffman disappointed me that he disposed of his outtakes when he was younger😭😭😭

[@Trev612]

It breaks my fucking heart dude I don't even know what to say other than I hope God blesses the future families of these people that struggled so hard just to stay alive

[@mewho6199]

How can you believe there's a God after hearing this?

[@mewho6199]

@Dingle Berry So you pretend that a God exists, so you can be happy in the face of ongoing atrocities? How about instead, we acknowledge and realize there's no-one coming to save us so we have to save ourselves? I'm sorry if reality brings you down. I don't create reality.

[@yukonfarnsworth1688]

@@mewho6199 because god didnt do it. People did. As bad as free will is. Imagine life without it? Stop scapegoating human nature. Take accountability Save yourself.

[@kewsiyehboah6058]

Eastland Spoke His Mind.. Of Which I totally Disagree Many still think like him, But Won't Speak their Minds.. ' Not Politically Correct '.. In Swahili.. Wabariki Mababu Zetu.. ( Bless Our Ancestors )..

[@Spillers72]

I found the part interesting about the Senator loaning money, "you might have to pay double back", wow, the guy was a loan shark to boot!

[@lisalewis4138]

Same as having to buy your own freedom. Sick analogies

[@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367]

haha for sure and you dont pay hed beat it outta ya and throw you out of your shack

[@bobhillenbrand1112]

The ‘sin-ator’ was a Class A oppressor. And a classic sociopath.

[@Acadian.FrenchFry]

Evil man

[@bobbywillmac5275]

but they go and cheer for ole miss and miss st players

[@SteverRob]

Mississippi _is_ changing for the better, believe it or not. We don’t use that word, most of us never did anyway. The rebel flag has been put away for the most part. To us white kids in the ’70s it meant southern rock and Jack Daniels, we didn’t know any better. Blacks and whites in the south are inexorably intertwined and we are learning to be respectful to each other. I’ve been part of wonderful friendships over the years, and though I realize that folks who don’t live in the American South think we’re all racists down here, it’s not always what you think it is. We’ve all been living together for a long time now and if you ask me, we’re more civil to each other than what I’m seeing in large cities up north.

[@Progneto]

The Democrats love keeping the race card going when blacks and whites have gotten along for years, when the Feds stay our of the midst of them. The only place i ever hear the N word is when blacks use it. I find that disgusting.

[@ZhangK71]

@@Progneto Another piece of Southern apologist propaganda

[@Biggdoom344]

I lived in rural e Texas for three years. Most of the white people were just trying to get by like everyone else. No hate, just focused on what we all want, love, safety, security, comfort, food, shelter.

[@TheMalmut]

@@ZhangK71 Right. I grew up in Florida and have lived other places in the south, as well as the Mid West. Yes, I have heard countless black people calling each other the N-word, but ending with an "A" and meaning more like the word "dude". As for the white people using the N-word, it ends with a solid "ER", and it's connotation derogatory and filled with hate.

[@damoncrowfeather4655]

Many yrs ago, my mother would tell me stories of her childhood.. How she was the youngest of thirteen children born at home. How my grandfather was a poor sharecropper, and they lived in a shack where you could feed the chickens through the floor.. How, in winter, the boys would bring in water for the morning, and have to break the ice to get a drink that next morning.. How, when you killed a hog, all your neighbors would come over and help, and get a share of the meat for their trouble.. How it was their job to till, plant, hoe, pick, and chop cotton. Momma passed away 20 yrs ago, and I've never forgotten her stories.. I passed them on to my children to remember, and pass on to their children.. To know and understand.. It wasn't only impoverished black ppl that picked cotton you see.. Poor white ppl were right there, picking cotton beside them.

[@michaelj.beglinjr.2804]

Yep. You were describing the way my mother and her siblings were raised. "White trash" was one of the nicer things they were called. That's why I get so angry when today's people in East Tennessee are racists. They have much, much more in common with black sharecroppers than they do the white lawmakers, yet they insist on being racist fools instead of coming together against our common enemy. I wish like hell we could eliminate racism from everyone, so the world would be a much better place. Good luck to you.

[@damoncrowfeather4655]

@@michaelj.beglinjr.2804 In the 30's things in the country was really bad. Many ppl had a hard life. You could purchase land for 50 cents an acre.. My Grandfather and Great Grandfather accepted a loan from a local banker, in order to purchase seed for the next crop of cotton. Evidently, there was a terrible drought that yr and all was lost. So, the loan couldn't be repaid and they lost the farm. This one banker was able to hand-out these loans, convincing farmers they could pay back the loan, whenever they could. That banker ended up owning half the county.. and his family are very wealthy today.

[@shadowsinmymind9]

What you described is how many families in Europe lived until the 50s and even 60s. Most people in the country were poor. Both my parents lived like this in the 60s. They didnt have electricity until 1963. Some houses still had dirt floors. Rats would sometimes run into the house. Most had only 2 bedrooms. 1 for the parents, 1 for the sons, and the daughters all slept in the loft. All 4 daughters would share 1 mattress that was basically just a sheet filled with straw. The sons would share a mattress too. They only had a few pairs of clothing, 1 dress or suit for sundays (and it was the same dress every sunday), 2 pairs of underwear, and just 1 pair of shoes. My mom got laughed at school one day when she walked to school barefoot because her shoes broke. People used an out house or a piss pot to go bathroom. and you would take a bath together with your sisters in a well like structure. Women would get water from a wellon their property or from the town/village well or fountain. They grew their own food and meat was rare to eat except for autumn time when you killed a pig, holidays, and you would only kill a chicken when someone was sick so they could have some chicken soup. They experienced hunger at times because there was not enough food and would sometimes go out into the woods to find herbs and plants to eat. if a baby didnt get enough milk from mom then theyd give him a small piece of potato to suck on or let it drink milk from a goat.

[@mewho6199]

Yes. Everyone knows there were and are poor "white" people. You didn't need to end your story with that like it was some surprising twist [eye roll]. The experiences of poor "black" people and the experiences of poor "white" people, however, were not and are not the same. At least your family had a hog to slaughter.

[@shadowsinmymind9]

@@mewho6199 Why are you being rude? He was just talking about how his ancestors were share croppers and how their way of life was. Don't go making this into a race issue. This isnt a competition on who was poorer or treated worse, either.

[@JClaus1221]

This was a year after Fannie Lou Hamer was almost beaten to death in the custody of the police in Winona, MS. To think she was almost blinded, and nearly lost both kidneys and is still sitting there telling it like it was.

[@Kevin12321]

Man this makes my blood boil. Most people don’t think to them selves how recent this is. Would have loved to meet all these people. Prob give us all a bit more to be thankful about.

[@SFGUNNER]

People think to black people have it hard and white people today still racist like before. People today have no idea what it was like in '60s prior.

[@godsgirl7201]

989k people liked this that just shows how many races are interested in slavery want facts

[@jackalsgate1146]

@@godsgirl7201 998,000 people liked this.? There is 358,000,000 people in America. 998,000 isn't even .001% of the population.

[@bwenluck9812]

@@jackalsgate1146 Anyone is better than no one.

[@wolfgangemmerich7552]

@@jackalsgate1146 Try to count the fans of Julian Assages wikileaks US Irak warcrime documentation and the 4 corners report about this ,, Reality Movie"!

[@youngtruthspitta3655]

Thank you Mama Fannie (it’s not about the name or blood but the ideals a mother puts into her children) we appreciate what did for Civil Rights 🙏🏽💯 #mommascookin

[@InvestmentJoy]

Sunflower County? Holy crap I have friends from there. Totally amazing people, but they get real, real serious when someone jokes about disappearing down there. Many nice, wonderful people, and some, extremely terrifying people.

[@estelleschneider9033]

Investment Joy You know not what you say when you speak and say Crap is Holy.. Never Never again say this..Only Hod is HOLY..SAME AS TAKING HIS NAME IN VAIN NEVER USE THAT LANGUAGE TO DESCRIBE YOUR POINT

[@alexandrarodriguezdetio7682]

@@estelleschneider9033 way to completely sidestep the point.

[@sleaf6]

@@estelleschneider9033 Holy nor Crap is a name for God; while the expression is, arguably, not the most reverent it is not taking His name in vain. He is, as He has said, “I am”, He makes things holy because He is holy. Take caps lock off and try to understand that Holy is an attribute of God and His people. I have been made holy and set apart for Him as part of my salvation, and the sanctification process. I myself am a piece of holy crap, made new so that I might have value. There’s really nothing meant by the term, and it’s not breaking the 4th. If we are made holy, we are not suddenly God, we share not in His name; neither is God crap.

[@chadallan6415]

@@estelleschneider9033 Holy god shit. Is that better.

[@cnwil4594]

Doesn't mean those people are trustworthy, especially after seeing this history. People like this can be covert bigots playing a role as they do as being good people....

[@badbaddolemike]

This is heartbreaking. I know the history of our country, but to see raw footage like this, to see their faces and hear their voices... I dont understand. I dont see how humans BEING could treat other human beings in that way, and still hold their heads up high. Its disgusting. I cant believe this was filmed ONLY 13yrs before I was born. I feel ashamed watching this.

[@kel2580]

You don't have to feel ashamed; this was never your fault about how life was for many. But we can be sure to be ready to fight against racism, self hatred, women's rights and human rights to live free from suppression and threats to our freedom. We can all do something to make life a bit better for us all!

[@natashabetts7509]

This is the true history of the dems they have used policies that hurt blk america while hiding and finger pointing.They have alot to be ashamed about.

[@colinhalliley111]

Malcolm X said " don't think there is any difference between the northern liberal and the southern Dixiecrats. " They are the same.

[@nestormatos8477]

True statement, hope this manifest to a more America First party

[@stevenhall9009]

Malcolm X said that almost 60 years ago, times have changed. At that time segregation was still law, both political parties were racist. Its just the conservative party was the worst by far

[@MAlley-fm4et]

The Party switch in the 60s. Malcolm died in 1965. He was assassinated by our Government as well as the Black American Muslims. You need to educate yourself. Go read about Barry Goldwater, Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan, Lee Atwater and Karl Rove. I bet you don't know that black people were Republicans. They are the real Lincoln Party.

[@ledomc2007]

What a fucking joke! You’re buying the Slave owners lies. Yo have 0 understanding of history. Who filibustered the civil rights act? Democrats

[@scotchnsoda8725]

@@ledomc2007 The Civil Rights Act of '64 was opposed by two groups, conservative states' rights southern Democrats and the far right Goldwater wing of the GOP. No wonder Goldwater only carried five "Jim Crow" states of the deep south - Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and S. Carolina, plus his native AZ.

[@davosholdos1253]

What an earnest humble family.

[@tiffanye9403]

Poor Fannie was so tired from just fighting rip a great lady

[@craigcaryl116]

Wow David - an amazing piece of work. Those people were all so brave to speak on camera at that time. So much braver than I could imagine. It’s inspiring. Thank you for preserving this and providing it for generations to hopefully study and learn from.

[@30secondsflat]

Thank you for this Mr. Hoffman, your videos always give a unique perspective on history from the eyes and with the voices of those who lived them.

[@williamanderson6142]

"No prejudgous in my heart"..Yeah right

[@Jakaritaylor]

Irene Taylor is my grandmother I am so proud to see this

[@bryanrawls9626]

Nothing more heartwarming than dusting this ole classic off from the shelf for special occasions to lighten the mood or spark conversation among myself and some of my closest dark skinned friends. Just a classic, cheers everyone.

[@bradmiech5743]

I was 10 years old 1964. Remember so much. News was news, magazines like Time, Look, Life. We should talk.

[@smartperson222]

People of color have been through so much and are still going through things today “may God bless my people ,and bless all people in need!🙏🏽

[@typeorulz]

I'm from Louisiana, which I love in many ways, and this just makes me weep. I cannot imagine having the guts to speak in this film. Much respect for this work, though it is viscerally painful. I grew up in a rural area, always conscious of being loved but aware that we were lowly.

[@renapoole7742]

Thank you so much for this. I hope you’re still checking your messages. I appreciate you doing this small documentary about this documentary that I have seen many times. But I appreciate you breaking some of that documentary down for us and giving us some more clarity and understanding. Thank you.

[@ChefCe]

I wish this guy was my social studies teacher I probably would have passed. keep up the good work sir👍🏾

[@TheRealGnolti]

James Eastland was indeed a "guy," as DH refers to him, and a legendarily awful one who unfortunately was indeed a U.S. Senator. I did not know that Fannie Hamer was one of his plantation hands. But the fact that Mrs. Taylor even mentions college as something her son intends to do is incredible. How would the thought have entered a kid's head growing up in such a third world place? The world was opening up, obviously, regardless of what the Eastlands or anyone else preferred. Not always in good ways, e.g. Mr. Edwards' son and Vietnam, but change was coming. How anyone alive today thinks this country was "great" back when, and wants us to go back to it, is beyond understanding.

[@mitchmatthews6713]

Yeah, in 1964, that was taking a chance.

[@helenjohnson7583]

Well, the risk was that they were uninvited & unannounced so they were trespassing. (Of course, there would never be an invitation so the risk was taken.) Had they been caught, the property owner could legally use force against them. Good journalism breaks through boundaries.

[@crsitlukumbu5731]

@@helenjohnson7583 no ,they were just invading someones propety

[@Caperhere]

Imagine the chance black people took in being interviewed. I’m Canadian, and always thought Americans and Canadians shared values, and lived similar lives. Canada is far from perfect, but because we mostly elect Liberal governments, we are much more progressive than the US, which elects mostly GOP governments. I believe this to be the difference. Since Bernie Sanders ran for the nomination, I started paying attention to US politics. I’ve grown more and more horrified at the way government serves only itself, totally, coldly, ignoring the needs of the people who elect them and pay their salaries, benefits, and pensions. Every modern democracy has redistributed the money to the citizens who own it since the pandemic hit. They did it not just for us, but to save the economies. Not one Canadian has paid one cent in medical bills, because we don’t have medical bills. It’s the same in the other countries. Our healthcare is not as good as that of some other countries, but nobody here worries about illness costing them money. It just doesn’t exist in our minds. If our government tried to deny us what is ours, we would topple that government. There is a Jason Isbell song containing the line: Old times ain’t forgotten. I hope Americans continue to elect Democratic presidents, because that is the only way they are going to catch up with the rest of the world.

[@Caperhere]

@@crsitlukumbu5731 Bot off.

[@crsitlukumbu5731]

@@Caperhere Very beautiful essay you wrote there my dear but you are forgetting something. America doesn't have all those beautiful things Canada has because we are defending/policing all of the western world with our military. Every time any "modern democracy" is in need of anything the American military is always there to help. That is why our country's health is privatized. We already spend way too much taxpayer money on useless stuff like the military, which we are using to protect other countries that give us nothing in return, and excessive amounts of welfare to people who don't even need/deserve it.

[@doggolovescheese1310]

Bless all these people and their descendants. You always deserve dignity, rights, food, shelter and hope.

[@cyndik9921]

Thank you, David, for keeping it real. I'm so grateful that your historical treasure chest is full and available to be seen by all on your channel. Prejudice is ignorance, plain and simple. 2021 and still predominant. Won't it be heaven on earth when humans stop seeing the skin color and race of one another and finally realize the truth that we are one? Brothers and sisters, and truly love one another.

[@ExquisiteKinkyCoils]

Rest in Power, ancestor Fannie Lou Hamer. She's truly a Civil Rights Legend. Thank you, ancestors, in this video, for sharing their stories. They were still treated as slaves and paying taxes on top of being violated for their Human Rights and Employment Rights. Thank you, David Hoffman, for presenting this important video. Thank you to your colleague for his piece on Eastman. #Reparations.

[@AJxxxxxxxx]

I just realized that when I’m older I’m going to have a lot of stories to tell my grand kids

[@Theomite]

I just realized I'm gonna have lots of stories about other people's stories that I watched to tell my grandkids.

[@AJxxxxxxxx]

@@Theomite I’m actually lucky, I’m in the military and have a good amount of experience with traveling and Iran so I got some good stories to tell my future generation

[@Coffeeisnecessarynowpepper]

9/11 2001 will always

[@AJxxxxxxxx]

@@Coffeeisnecessarynowpepper -9/11 -The great divide in American politics -my base coming under attack by Iran -our nation at war -Tom Brady & randy moss -trump years -covid -hurricane Katrina -the space shuttle break up on re-entry -the government release ufo footage I’m sure there’s more that I’m just forgetting 🤷‍♂️

[@Coffeeisnecessarynowpepper]

@Seagal's Best Movie as a black guy I won’t survive in America so my children will be in juvenile court

[@coro_ctrl]

"see i think charity begins at home and then spreads abroad." a lesson we should be taking today

[@mementomori9066]

thought the exact same thing

[@iskandermakhmudov]

Thank you, Mr Hoffman. This lead me to look into Mississippi Burning, listen to tapes of President LBJ talking to Hoover, Robert McNamara and families of then lost young men. And now I'm planning to read beautiful books by Robert Karo on Lyndon Johnson's life. Well, I don't really know if it helps poor unemployed Russian guy to find a job, but I hope these books just like your video will make me just a little bit better man.

[@iskandermakhmudov]

And I must add that all this happened within 2 minutes of your video. I'm afraid to imagine what will happen to me after next 8 minutes.

[@liljimlambert7]

Dont read Caro He is a whitewash shitbag LBJ was a racist who stole all of JFK'S ideals and his legacy then had the balls to say he continued his Vietnam policy which he knew was a damn big lie and that's what they called it the big lie

[@liljimlambert7]

@@Sovereign_Citizen_LEO Hoover was a pos McNamara at least had a come clean moment and admitted that he broke with JFK'S policy with LBJ and even said JFK wanted his epitaph to say he kept the peace jist listen to his speeches and find everything on Jim Dieugenio work he has proven this

[@liljimlambert7]

LBJ is a lying fraud like the Bush's his friend's

[@liljimlambert7]

Iskander where are you living at?