FLH Testimony Before the Credentials Committee

[@barbaraarnzen5181]

What an impressive, intelligent, well spoken and strong woman! I wish I had a small percentage of her strength. I just saw a documentary on her life on PBS. Fanny Lou Hamer's America: An America Reframed Special. All Americans should know her name! She was inducted into the American Women's Hall of Fame posthumously in 1993. It's the least she deserved. 💜❇️

[@blackether5094]

Rest in Power our Immortal Elder ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽💎

[@musicartlover963]

Utterly shameful what those inhumane people did to Mrs. Hamer and the other African American woman.......only wanted the same treatment and fairness as everyone else n America

[@margenewideman8374]

P

[@adrianmartin5780]

I am a 68 year old NovaScotian man,my hero is Fanny Lou Hamer,my regret in life is not personally knowing Fanny Lou,the world puts sports figures on pedestals who have suffered nothing in their lives but not me,my pedestal has Fanny Lou Hamer reaching to hold my hand. I love you Fanny Lou,I love you sister.

[@brendavanderwilde96]

Wow! Speak on, Fannie Lou Hamer. You are so brave and a better person than most of us.

[@vkvkvkvk473]

This proves they don't want us to know our history good bless Mrs Fannie Lou Hamer &all of her descendants ❤

[@nickicakedface3225]

I thank god for the people who paved the way for us today! I am truly grateful for the sacrifices they had to make on our behalf…she is definitely inspirational and extremely courageous! Thank you for your contribution ❤❤❤❤

[@mintwally7200]

Wow! Powerful words.

[@pastorgolden]

This woman, Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer, a woman without pedigree or portfolio ought to be known throughout every haunt, and hut and hamlet and home of America and beyond. Powerful, yet humble, prescient and prophetic, yet contemporaneous, Mrs. Hamer's statue ought to reside in the hallowed (sic) space of Statuary Hall in the U.S. Congress. Bruised, beaten, bothered and belittled yet unbought and unbowed, Mrs. Hamer is a true American heroine. I pray that Tyler Perry, Oprah Winfrey or some other person of means and/or influence will gravitate to her story and help resurrect her name and memory to its proper place in herstory. She is, my friends, the apotheosis of greatness and courage in the face of trouble and tumult; unquestionably, sainthood should be her apogee

[@maxinekennebrew139]

I love Ms. Hamer. 💜 I was born in Sunflower County as well. My grandparents live there and my mother.

[@acpucio]

Thank you for posting this.

[@abcrane]

she moved in politics...but critically, in economics! she started cooperatives with neighbors to feed people...! activist and entrepreneur, brilliant brilliant woman. xoxo all my love and deep admiration

[@lovesings2us]

We gotta protect Black people's right to vote. Fannie Lou Hamer, John Lewis and many other brave people won it but now the racist pols are manipulating like crazy to take away the right to vote again in several states. May Fannie Lou Hamer's spirit inspire us to hang on to what she fought so hard to attain!

[@EliteEasyE]

Amen.

[@angrychristian6340]

Johnson decided to be a crony for the very party that was opposition to the goals of equality and suffrage, much like Jesse Jackson and many others. As though it was that it assassination. Look at the progress made since.

[@howardebenstein3204]

Wow! This is one courageous lady.

[@themprophet1]

I have lived 10 miles from Ruleville for the past 28 years. I've received my entire education in Mississippi and I've never heard this before today.

[@louise-yo7kz]

Shameful

[@gigicarter7944]

they don't want us to know. i'm sharing this all over social media.

[@beerrr1259]

Does that surprise you? It’s by design.

[@kobe51]

that's sad

[@ModSquads]

I hadn't been educated. However, PBS, WETA, WHUT channels produce televised documentaries on such figures and histories of an assortment of selfless people and their Civil Rights struggles.

[@donnaturner9096]

She didn’t know she had the right to vote until 1962. I wish we could live and love.

[@cltcase9074]

I remember that well. Fannie Lou was a very courageous lady. Having lived in the south all my life I saw first hand the unjust things done to Blacks. They didn’t ask to come to this country they were brought here. They deserved better.

[@cmebans35]

"I don't know you well enough." POWERFUL November 9, 2019

[@beyondblessed]

The pain and suffering and horrible accounts our ancestors and freedom fighters when through for respect and to be treated like human beings. I Thank them all and admire them all may all your work and stories live on ✊🏾 we will continue love to all🙏🏾🙏🏾💓

[@Princess-gy5kx]

Beyond Blessed. Yes 👏 💯. Much love and respect to our honorable ancestors 🙏🙏

[@patriciapowell1560]

Thank you Ms.Fannie Lou Hamer I commend You.👏

[@rhondaturner7520]

Within my lifetime

[@louise-yo7kz]

Awful what was done to her. She suffered irreparable damage. 😡😡😡😫😫😫

[@cmebans35]

Really sad. Her hard work and dedication weren't in vain.

[@antd8259]

Jesus Christ. This lady died in 1977. May she rest in peace. I think i saw this on PBS before about them trying to start a new political party. Its horrible... Only because they wanted to vote and be treated fairly.

[@keenannorris3309]

Fannie Lou Hamer was forcibly sterilized while asleep against her consent in the 1950s. She was beaten savagely in 1963 by police. She died twice and was resurrected twice into a woman without fear.

[@CS-tj7wi]

A American patriot

[@keenannorris3309]

Unlike the people who waved the flag, started wars, called Civil Rights activists communists, and didn't do shit for America.

[@deidrafrazier278]

Bravo! They hard of hearing but I'm not Queen. Thank you for providing context in 2020. God bless your whole soul for speaking for the down trodden before hashtags! 💖

[@dorisclark2021]

Now they are trying new tactics. 😢🙏

[@jacobzaranyika9334]

And so history systemically repeats. My mind is made up.

[@harperharp6836]

i stories that really happened to our ancestors Heart-wrenching and horrified this is how we exist as heirs oh my God

[@HollywoodCharityAuctioncom]

Ancestors? It's happening now too.

[@kobe51]

Wow!

[@businessmanager4746]

My mother was about 8 years old. 1954

[@skineyemin4276]

Where is the film footage of this whole testimony? She need to be seen speaking.

[@lovesings2us]

Thank you for asking such an important question - Where is the film footage of Fannie Lou Hamer's whole testimony? It should be aired widely and often. I feel sure We The People have a human right to claim Fannie Lou Hamer and her incredibly wise, brave words as our national treasures, like Dr King, to ignite our vision and courage to organize for racial justice for as long as it takes, no matter what the cost may be to ourselves. How many leaders do we have who are as brave, deeply rooted in Great Love, and powerfully articulate as Fannie Lou Hamer?

[@lovesings2us]

@@stormaquario259 Thank you from the bottom of my heart for sharing that important link with it's telling message. Such knowledge is sacred to me. I will share it. How very cool that Johnson failed in his slimy scheme to block Fannie Lou Hamer's super brave testimony!

[@StainTheBrain_Lifestyle]

👊🏿💪🏾💪🏿❤THANK YOU

[@cmebans35]

Her hard work...Not in vain

[@rjciccone]

Required viewing for HIS 244 (Modern American History: Civil War to the Present) Lehman College, Spring 2015. 'Civil Rights Movement'

[@mihaipistol8653]

rjciccone same here, but enjoyable nevertheless.

[@cherelled6419]

Poor woman 😢 xxxx

[@traumaMaryJane]

WOW

[@jacksondowdle5217]

5:36

[@jamesmoody9363]

JOHN 14:6😊

[@bernicehagins643]

Jim Crow in real time

[@ptate98]

😥😥😥😥😭😭

[@chgosatrap]

I was in 5th grade

[@gamerwhiz6847]

So sad.

[@billhaywood3503]

I knew Mrs Hamer none of you would accept her now because she opposed abortion!!! The greatest woman of the 20th century and youi would abandon her!!! the hell with you!!

[@Jason-bz6uw]

Back then the issue of abortion was vastly different. They strategically placed abortion clinics in Black neighborhoods. Most Blacks during that time opposed abortion. Unlike now, they didn't give them other options or try to convince them to keep their babies. Abortion clinics back then were a way to reduce the Black population. It wasn't until white women started utilizing abortion clinics in droves that it became a bad thing! When Black women did it, not a care or word was spoken about it. That's why older Blacks have always opposed abortion. The morality and dignity have evolved. It was always about control until the statistics of a certain group began to show a decline. Then abortion became a noble fight about women's autonomy and right to choose. Give me a break trying to trash a hero in the Black community