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

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David Hoffman

David Hoffman

3 жыл бұрын

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

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@sufundasamuels9345
@sufundasamuels9345 3 жыл бұрын
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
@jhustle9880 3 жыл бұрын
That,s very touching paragraph. I'm from Chicago n proud to here the spirit of our ancestors
@edgardaniels1402
@edgardaniels1402 3 жыл бұрын
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
@bobbyallen7977 3 жыл бұрын
@@edgardaniels1402 you got that right and it goes for republicans too
@edgardaniels1402
@edgardaniels1402 3 жыл бұрын
@@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
@chefturbo4117 3 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@HughesTamiLee
@HughesTamiLee 3 жыл бұрын
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
@patandersen4271 2 жыл бұрын
God Bless you and your family @Tami Lee Hughes.
@clintjohnson7023
@clintjohnson7023 2 жыл бұрын
@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
@wellybobs4403 2 жыл бұрын
Your story proves your premise is false.... Everyone had the same issue.
@missourimongoose7643
@missourimongoose7643 2 жыл бұрын
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
@freemason4979 2 жыл бұрын
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
@Nille0212 2 жыл бұрын
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
@robferguson1529 2 жыл бұрын
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
@patkennedy2620 2 жыл бұрын
@Tennille Bowens. You must be very proud of your great great aunt. She was a truly brave lady
@johnfulton4061
@johnfulton4061 Жыл бұрын
You must and should be very proud of her she was a brave and courageous woman and she helped a lot of people
@lucidmoment71
@lucidmoment71 Жыл бұрын
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
@HogRebel 3 ай бұрын
That’s cool! 😎👍 She certainly was a voice for freedom during the Civil Rights years! May she RIP. 🙏😇
@Bioshadowknight
@Bioshadowknight 2 жыл бұрын
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
@timothybrown6988 2 жыл бұрын
And like every other promise that the U.S. has ever made. They lied again.
@Pop3395
@Pop3395 2 жыл бұрын
The military, for many people was the chance to better yourself. If they survived.
@kfrancis1872
@kfrancis1872 2 жыл бұрын
I wonder if his son returned strung out, demonized, and traumatized....as so many did.
@danniet4733
@danniet4733 2 жыл бұрын
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
@Pop3395 2 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@markswift
@markswift 3 жыл бұрын
The families of the Black GIs that served in WWII should be able to access the GI Bill Benefits denied to their families.
@garylefevers
@garylefevers 3 жыл бұрын
Agreed.
@beals6631
@beals6631 3 жыл бұрын
Do you mean now?
@markswift
@markswift 3 жыл бұрын
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
@MrsABC7997 3 жыл бұрын
And the ones from Korea & Vietnam!
@edgardovilla199
@edgardovilla199 3 жыл бұрын
LULAC was created originally for WW2 Latino veterans, idk if African Americans had something similar to LULAC
@jsucisiqixidjd
@jsucisiqixidjd 3 жыл бұрын
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
@watermelon520b 3 жыл бұрын
@Brian H not to this extent
@thedevilsadvocate5210
@thedevilsadvocate5210 3 жыл бұрын
Free college for all black kids.
@tallahasseepcs8329
@tallahasseepcs8329 2 жыл бұрын
@@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
@AllisonChains64 2 жыл бұрын
@@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
@denzerjeremy 2 жыл бұрын
Why 7 kids?
@backsweet
@backsweet 2 жыл бұрын
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.
@karencamp741
@karencamp741 2 жыл бұрын
I'm from Mississippi and ain't much changed. It's so hard to even qualify for foodstamps. They have no option for medical care for adults. Nothing will ever change there
@queenaqueena5803
@queenaqueena5803 3 ай бұрын
Things will change if you guys all vote. That's their greatest fear, us all voting and taking control.
@austinbodiford6360
@austinbodiford6360 3 жыл бұрын
Their transparency is very moving. And to think this was 57 years ago is mind blowing.
@yukonfarnsworth1688
@yukonfarnsworth1688 2 жыл бұрын
Its today just in a wealthier society.
@fatearamines6848
@fatearamines6848 2 жыл бұрын
Wow, my mom is 56.
@kw2519
@kw2519 2 жыл бұрын
So recent…fucking insane…
@thebenjamins9
@thebenjamins9 2 жыл бұрын
I now and few years bk... Slaves were being killed in the millions in camps
@kw2519
@kw2519 2 жыл бұрын
@@thebenjamins9 the ability of human beings to be cruel never ceases to disgust me.
@juannunez5767
@juannunez5767 3 жыл бұрын
Everyone involved in the making of this documentary put their lives on the line. "Disappearing" was a very real possibility.
@edgardovilla199
@edgardovilla199 3 жыл бұрын
Yep especially back in those days, AND it’s in the Deep South oh yea for sure.
@butteredbutter420
@butteredbutter420 3 жыл бұрын
@@edgardovilla199 I’m gonna say you don’t live in the “Deep South” because you are spewing a lie.
@juannunez5767
@juannunez5767 3 жыл бұрын
@Blue Jazz Same year, same state as the Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner murders. Not doubtful at all.
@swingman5635
@swingman5635 3 жыл бұрын
@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
@zach1173 3 жыл бұрын
@Blue Jazz look up Paul Guihard
@beedubree2550
@beedubree2550 2 жыл бұрын
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
@MichaelGunner123 2 жыл бұрын
58 years ago actually
@sergegainsbourgii1852
@sergegainsbourgii1852 2 жыл бұрын
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
@keenannorris3309 2 жыл бұрын
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
@TheLily97232 2 жыл бұрын
And people still say "it was a long time ago get over it"
@sergegainsbourgii1852
@sergegainsbourgii1852 2 жыл бұрын
@@TheLily97232 100% why a Truth and Reconciliation Commission is needed.
@FamousAtticusJS
@FamousAtticusJS 2 жыл бұрын
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.
@Forflipsake
@Forflipsake 3 жыл бұрын
TBH those black folks had some darn balls . You can see the strength in their every being.
@actually5004
@actually5004 3 жыл бұрын
This is capitalism we're talking about- black slaves were the most expensive and their price was justified by the quality.
@carlburch4450
@carlburch4450 3 жыл бұрын
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
@MrBalaki97 3 жыл бұрын
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
@kidjustice7945 3 жыл бұрын
I don't think that's is strength its not having a choice. As fannie lou said she's tired of being tired.
@canek4626
@canek4626 3 жыл бұрын
@@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 🇺🇸??
@113dmg9
@113dmg9 3 жыл бұрын
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
@113dmg9 3 жыл бұрын
(My then-husband...)
@plaidpanda
@plaidpanda 3 жыл бұрын
Good on 'im.
@JesusChrist2000BC
@JesusChrist2000BC 3 жыл бұрын
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
@nickbryant2318 3 жыл бұрын
Sounds very Christian
@midimusicforever
@midimusicforever 3 жыл бұрын
@@nickbryant2318 Sounds very sarcastic
@ChooseCompassion
@ChooseCompassion 2 жыл бұрын
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
@godsgirl7201 2 жыл бұрын
989k people liked this that just shows how many races are interested in slavery want facts
@larrywheels762
@larrywheels762 2 жыл бұрын
When this history tries to reach the mainstream in our schools, the conservatives call it critical race theory and shoot it down.
@aarondigby5054
@aarondigby5054 Жыл бұрын
Fannie Lou Hamer =mother of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party =true freedom fighter.
@erichawkins5738
@erichawkins5738 2 жыл бұрын
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.
@brigadierblue221
@brigadierblue221 3 жыл бұрын
As a Mississippian that had Sharecropping grandparents all I can see is them and how they suffered in poverty here 💓💓
@thomascarroll9556
@thomascarroll9556 3 жыл бұрын
@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
@thomascarroll9556 3 жыл бұрын
@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
@thomascarroll9556 3 жыл бұрын
@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
@thomascarroll9556 3 жыл бұрын
@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
@thomascarroll9556 3 жыл бұрын
@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
@bjnowak
@bjnowak 3 жыл бұрын
she’s right”money should be spent at home first” that still goes on today
@nestormatos8477
@nestormatos8477 3 жыл бұрын
I agree, this is what Trump was doing for us, America First
@thomascarroll9556
@thomascarroll9556 3 жыл бұрын
@@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
@ianleavitt8333 3 жыл бұрын
@@thomascarroll9556 easy now Karl, if cultures could be assimilated that easily we would never have war.
@mykiemilford720
@mykiemilford720 3 жыл бұрын
@@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
@theodorekorehonen 3 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@jenniferwiggins8404
@jenniferwiggins8404 2 жыл бұрын
Madame Fannie Hamer, is a credit to the human race!! God bless you! I look up to you and hone you!🙏🏽❤️👏🏽🎊
@lsbberean1224
@lsbberean1224 2 жыл бұрын
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
@mayqueen2 2 жыл бұрын
Never too late to let go of hate!❤️
@alexie101010
@alexie101010 2 жыл бұрын
Wow, glad to hear it. Keep spreading the love to those around you!
@isaacb5968
@isaacb5968 2 жыл бұрын
I hope you saved that white hood for the bedroom😉
@jordanwhisson5407
@jordanwhisson5407 2 жыл бұрын
Well done brother
@kkaled8268
@kkaled8268 2 жыл бұрын
@@isaacb5968 you a weirdo for saying that
@laurencaulton103
@laurencaulton103 3 жыл бұрын
Fannie Lou Hamer: hero of the fight for voting rights.
@kesmarn
@kesmarn 3 жыл бұрын
And her spiritual daughter is Stacey Abrams.
@frederickgriffith7004
@frederickgriffith7004 3 жыл бұрын
@@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
@raymondbriscoe9467 3 жыл бұрын
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
@raymondbriscoe9467 3 жыл бұрын
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
@frederickgriffith7004 3 жыл бұрын
@@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
@DramaMustRemainOnTheStage
@DramaMustRemainOnTheStage 3 жыл бұрын
Fannie Lou Gamer was a brave lady
@Coffeeisnecessarynowpepper
@Coffeeisnecessarynowpepper 3 жыл бұрын
She only lived 59 years 😱😱
@indi1omccoln565
@indi1omccoln565 3 жыл бұрын
*Hamer
@lenblack1462
@lenblack1462 3 жыл бұрын
She was a Gamer before video games. LOL!
@1computernew
@1computernew 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, she was.
@peterlyons8793
@peterlyons8793 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@youngtruthspitta3655
@youngtruthspitta3655 2 жыл бұрын
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
@sojourningteddybear6838
@sojourningteddybear6838 2 жыл бұрын
God bless Ms. Fannie! She refused to be derailed! ❤️ 💪🏾
@WizardOfAtlantis
@WizardOfAtlantis 3 жыл бұрын
Just two generations ago but it seems like centuries in some respects.
@Cassandra_Steel
@Cassandra_Steel 3 жыл бұрын
Thats what the complicit establishment works hard for citizens to believe
@nicholasparker2086
@nicholasparker2086 3 жыл бұрын
If this was in color it would help break that illusion. My father was already 20 years old by this time
@lalani888blue
@lalani888blue 3 жыл бұрын
Agree...
@vukashin88
@vukashin88 3 жыл бұрын
Definitely still going on. I believe vice has some contemporary reports interviewing these people down in the south.
@rhaastaa
@rhaastaa 3 жыл бұрын
And in many ways it could be today
@thewettee9499
@thewettee9499 3 жыл бұрын
I think the african Americans took bigger risks doing the interviews ! Thankyou for this !
@illuminickiblanco
@illuminickiblanco 3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely
@1computernew
@1computernew 3 жыл бұрын
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
@peterlyons8793 3 жыл бұрын
@@1computernew I think you personal testimony is as important as these film interviews. Your experiences should be recorded for prosperity.
@michaelterrell5061
@michaelterrell5061 3 жыл бұрын
@@1computernew Peter Lyons is right, you should speak up about those experiences.
@michaelterrell5061
@michaelterrell5061 3 жыл бұрын
@@peterlyons8793 I agree.
@Kevin12321
@Kevin12321 2 жыл бұрын
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
@SFGUNNER 2 жыл бұрын
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
@godsgirl7201 2 жыл бұрын
989k people liked this that just shows how many races are interested in slavery want facts
@jackalsgate1146
@jackalsgate1146 2 жыл бұрын
@@godsgirl7201 998,000 people liked this.? There is 358,000,000 people in America. 998,000 isn't even .001% of the population.
@bwenluck9812
@bwenluck9812 2 жыл бұрын
@@jackalsgate1146 Anyone is better than no one.
@wolfgangemmerich7552
@wolfgangemmerich7552 2 жыл бұрын
@@jackalsgate1146 Try to count the fans of Julian Assages wikileaks US Irak warcrime documentation and the 4 corners report about this ,, Reality Movie"!
@vootamu1
@vootamu1 Жыл бұрын
These are the uncomfortable truths that some still refuse to acknowledge. Thanks for preserving and presenting real history.
@jb-vb8un
@jb-vb8un 11 ай бұрын
note this video fails to identtify anti-American DEMOCRATS as the oppessos
@AJwasRight
@AJwasRight 3 жыл бұрын
This is far out, David. I love this lady and her bravery, courage, and WILLPOWER. Sending love and positive vibrations your way-Joshua
@miltmarhoffer7829
@miltmarhoffer7829 3 жыл бұрын
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
@wesleywatson4985
@wesleywatson4985 2 жыл бұрын
May the Most High Lord Bless all my ancestors they have seen hard things without them I could not be. Blessings
@InvestmentJoy
@InvestmentJoy 2 жыл бұрын
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
@estelleschneider9033 2 жыл бұрын
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
@alexandrarodriguezdetio7682 2 жыл бұрын
@@estelleschneider9033 way to completely sidestep the point.
@sleaf6
@sleaf6 2 жыл бұрын
@@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
@chadallan6415 2 жыл бұрын
@@estelleschneider9033 Holy god shit. Is that better.
@cnwil4594
@cnwil4594 2 жыл бұрын
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....
@narkelnaru2710
@narkelnaru2710 3 жыл бұрын
My God. If we ever lack courage, we must think of these people who show us the way.
@aeliviacameron2379
@aeliviacameron2379 3 жыл бұрын
Well said
@fullclipaudio
@fullclipaudio 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@lesliewarnell5172
@lesliewarnell5172 2 жыл бұрын
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. 🖤✊🏾🖤
@tamilhoward9708
@tamilhoward9708 3 жыл бұрын
Eastland was one of the biggest recipients of federal welfare in the Delta. He worked the system to get multiple agriculture subsidy payments.
@scotchnsoda8725
@scotchnsoda8725 3 жыл бұрын
@@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
@larrywheeler9917 3 жыл бұрын
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
@larrywheeler9917 3 жыл бұрын
@@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
@larrywheeler9917 3 жыл бұрын
@@scotchnsoda8725 the old Dixie democrats all swung Republican with Goldwater Nixon Reagan.
@ceebee8042
@ceebee8042 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@Haffmatthew
@Haffmatthew 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting this exceptionally insightful content. I appreciate the hard work that goes into your craft, Sir.
@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker
@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Matthew. David Hoffman filmmaker
@craigcaryl116
@craigcaryl116 2 жыл бұрын
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.
@tysonion01
@tysonion01 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@pantherman16
@pantherman16 3 жыл бұрын
I've been to Sunflower county. There's plenty of James Eastland's still around.
@shayjones5099
@shayjones5099 3 жыл бұрын
And a hell waiting for them.
@larrywheeler9917
@larrywheeler9917 3 жыл бұрын
Their all wearing Maga hats.
@michaelbarnett2527
@michaelbarnett2527 3 жыл бұрын
@@larrywheeler9917 Judge not... Democrats are the ones keeping blacks down- just like eastland.
@dalaimama4362
@dalaimama4362 3 жыл бұрын
@@michaelbarnett2527 but yet it’s the republicans waving confederate flags
@obosumba
@obosumba 2 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@lilsnuff7987
@lilsnuff7987 2 жыл бұрын
Can’t believe we lived in a time like this. Very scary times.
@badazzl5oc625
@badazzl5oc625 2 жыл бұрын
i learn alot about history from your videos and have a great deal of respect and admiration for you and your work
@petes.6609
@petes.6609 3 жыл бұрын
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
@tonibutts8828 2 жыл бұрын
Were still being dragged by pickup trucks.
@rightnews339
@rightnews339 2 жыл бұрын
Yet black people still vote for the party of KKK, and Jim crow, the party of oppression, The Democrat party.
@simox362
@simox362 2 жыл бұрын
@@tonibutts8828 tf? no your not
@watchr740
@watchr740 2 жыл бұрын
@@tonibutts8828Citation?
@Makakahanap
@Makakahanap 2 жыл бұрын
@@tonibutts8828 no we aren't haha
@mrscp04
@mrscp04 2 жыл бұрын
Ms. Fannie Lou was a beautiful, strong and courageous woman. I'm looking forward to meeting her in heaven.
@Helperbot-2000
@Helperbot-2000 2 жыл бұрын
This is the saddest thing ive read
@-t96
@-t96 2 жыл бұрын
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.
@natashabetts7509
@natashabetts7509 2 жыл бұрын
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.
@bigbrownie2105
@bigbrownie2105 2 жыл бұрын
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
@mth469 Жыл бұрын
Same thing was happening to Native Americans with regards to the "company store".
@moniquewallace7744
@moniquewallace7744 Жыл бұрын
😱🤯🤭😭💔🤬😡😢✊🏾💔🙏🏾
@jacoba7293
@jacoba7293 Жыл бұрын
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
@mth469 Жыл бұрын
@@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.
@nestormatos8477
@nestormatos8477 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@sambassbo93
@sambassbo93 3 жыл бұрын
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
@quarterlore6272
@quarterlore6272 Жыл бұрын
Your colleague did a service to future generations that cannot be given a price. So important that we have this.
@beesmonk
@beesmonk 2 жыл бұрын
That was AMAZING thankyou for your work and colleague
@Genxgurl
@Genxgurl 3 жыл бұрын
Wow. I had heard of Fannie Lou Hamer, but didn’t know her backstory. Great educational video.
@godsgirl7201
@godsgirl7201 2 жыл бұрын
😢
@intensivemanagement
@intensivemanagement 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@Callousedhands. 3 жыл бұрын
Now today civil rights all go to transgender or LGBTQ and whatever other letter that has been added.
@trayquanwilliams9991
@trayquanwilliams9991 3 жыл бұрын
blacks have no standing in America bills of rights
@username38800
@username38800 2 жыл бұрын
@@trayquanwilliams9991 bro?🤨📸
@darrylscott7242
@darrylscott7242 2 жыл бұрын
This Nation has a bill of rights for White people it has never had a bill of rights for Black people America is a racist Nation and it will always be that because America was founded by Racist men all of the forefathers was racist men every last one of them period that is the very reason why this country is racist......
@alicel3992
@alicel3992 2 жыл бұрын
@@darrylscott7242 Feel free to leave this country.😡😡😡
@ipodtouchfreak100
@ipodtouchfreak100 2 жыл бұрын
I love the context you give before the film. Very informative. Thank you Mr. Hoffman
@THEROOTMATTERS
@THEROOTMATTERS 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this must know report.
@macewbee
@macewbee 3 жыл бұрын
Wow thanks for posting this Mr. Hoffman.
@benardkibet9290
@benardkibet9290 3 жыл бұрын
I am from Kenya 🇰🇪 and this made me cry 😭
@gregoryderosa8045
@gregoryderosa8045 2 жыл бұрын
Beta! Lol jk
@gladysartis7424
@gladysartis7424 Жыл бұрын
What a wonderful historial documentation. I to lived in the Mississippi Delta in Coahoma County. This region of the country is still to this day systemically and economically disproportionate. Hats off to all the brave individuals who filmed and interview for this documentary. Thanks for sharing.
@loritracy1385
@loritracy1385 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Very educational & I appreciate the work & danger put into it. Well done. 💜
@daboe-sr8ce
@daboe-sr8ce 3 жыл бұрын
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
@actually5004 3 жыл бұрын
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
@daboe-sr8ce 3 жыл бұрын
@@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
@actually5004 3 жыл бұрын
@@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
@daboe-sr8ce 3 жыл бұрын
@@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
@actually5004 3 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@hereigoagain5050
@hereigoagain5050 3 жыл бұрын
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
@BossLadii71 2 жыл бұрын
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..
@douglasjones2570
@douglasjones2570 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting this.
@renapoole7742
@renapoole7742 7 ай бұрын
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.
@magicking8060
@magicking8060 3 жыл бұрын
A great way to expose a disgusting abuser, show real footage of real people affected, with nothing to gain other than justice
@NajSinghs
@NajSinghs 3 жыл бұрын
💯
@arctichare8185
@arctichare8185 3 жыл бұрын
Today there's social media; at least so far.
@malte2483
@malte2483 3 жыл бұрын
This is a shocking and good documentary...racism and *modern slavery*...over a half century later?..it still exists👿
@realdeal8303
@realdeal8303 3 жыл бұрын
We should be a boiling pot by now if racism still existed
@sunsetsherbert27
@sunsetsherbert27 3 жыл бұрын
@Jakaritaylor
@Jakaritaylor 2 жыл бұрын
Irene Taylor is my grandmother I am so proud to see this
@vazfinestdjchozin1599
@vazfinestdjchozin1599 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this
@randywhitejr.8825
@randywhitejr.8825 3 жыл бұрын
This documentary should be shown all around the world.
@patandersen4271
@patandersen4271 2 жыл бұрын
It's on KZbin.
@mattm8932
@mattm8932 2 жыл бұрын
The world doesn’t care. The GOP is actively attempting to return to these times via discriminatory policy.
@yeerrr2726
@yeerrr2726 2 жыл бұрын
@@mattm8932 let them try lol, it wouldn’t work out well
@leftsidem5030
@leftsidem5030 2 жыл бұрын
@dylan murphy You are missing the point
@rippspeck
@rippspeck 2 жыл бұрын
Sorry to tell you, but the world can't help you with your dirty laundry.
@jimmygutierrez2624
@jimmygutierrez2624 3 жыл бұрын
You’re doing gods work with this channel, forever objectively showing our history. Thank you mister Hoffman
@justgeorge3728
@justgeorge3728 3 жыл бұрын
Mr. Hoffman is a working class Hero!
@terryboot7777
@terryboot7777 3 жыл бұрын
Why doesn't god do the work himself. If god controls everything, racism shouldn't exist.
@suatchaglan7446
@suatchaglan7446 3 жыл бұрын
@@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
@wepsar 2 жыл бұрын
@@suatchaglan7446 God is unknowable.
@suatchaglan7446
@suatchaglan7446 2 жыл бұрын
@@wepsar i see God everyday?
@badbaddolemike
@badbaddolemike 2 жыл бұрын
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
@kel2580 2 жыл бұрын
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
@natashabetts7509 2 жыл бұрын
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.
@spaceman081447
@spaceman081447 2 жыл бұрын
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.
@skellurip
@skellurip 3 жыл бұрын
keeping people poor so they desperately working for lowest possible income and deep in debt, that's sounds familiar
@feikotemme8736
@feikotemme8736 3 жыл бұрын
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
@bobhillenbrand1112 3 жыл бұрын
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
@lauriannajones 3 жыл бұрын
New Africa colony plan ....search it up. To keep them poor to keep looting the resources
@dddddadadad1796
@dddddadadad1796 3 жыл бұрын
Oh please. THE MINIMUM WAGE NEEDS TO STAY. JUST WHAT IT IS. PERIOD
@steelworking1143
@steelworking1143 3 жыл бұрын
@@bobhillenbrand1112 bahaha yeah keep believing that .
@harisrakha860
@harisrakha860 3 жыл бұрын
I glad that someone filming this and kept the record for decades, thank you sir!
@megaton8184
@megaton8184 2 жыл бұрын
Thank u so much for this video
@nate_kang
@nate_kang Жыл бұрын
Truly powerful and eye-opening stuff. thanks for sharing this piece of history
@lazylightning9378
@lazylightning9378 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this, David.
@adambenedict6155
@adambenedict6155 3 жыл бұрын
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
@lkv2021 3 жыл бұрын
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
@adambenedict6155 3 жыл бұрын
@@lkv2021, I will give those a watch. Thank you for your comment and suggestion.
@lkv2021
@lkv2021 3 жыл бұрын
@@adambenedict6155 Of course. Thanks for being a decent human.
@piercehawke8021
@piercehawke8021 3 жыл бұрын
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
@lkv2021 3 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@juanm.aguayo-leal9795
@juanm.aguayo-leal9795 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for sharing this important film of real history.
@tammi_michelle
@tammi_michelle 2 жыл бұрын
I really appreciate this historical informational piece. It has inspired me to read more about this.
@cathyfisher7894
@cathyfisher7894 2 жыл бұрын
What Fannie said about the government spending money abroad and not at home still stands, it’s a disgrace
@evictcalifornia2141
@evictcalifornia2141 2 жыл бұрын
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
@fd4511 2 жыл бұрын
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
@matthewhines6362 2 жыл бұрын
Yup
@mactown91210
@mactown91210 3 жыл бұрын
Kills me when someone thinks that they’re so called superior based off of skin color. Not intellect but skin color.
@LC-jq7vn
@LC-jq7vn 3 жыл бұрын
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
@ayelleefun2620 3 жыл бұрын
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
@mactown91210 3 жыл бұрын
@@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
@raleighburner1589 3 жыл бұрын
I love nubians ...test
@drawwitme8316
@drawwitme8316 3 жыл бұрын
What's new in the mac these days
@bryanrawls9626
@bryanrawls9626 2 жыл бұрын
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.
@harbard642
@harbard642 2 жыл бұрын
Just found out this channel you r doing a great work.thanks
@tiffanye9403
@tiffanye9403 3 жыл бұрын
Poor Fannie was so tired from just fighting rip a great lady
@williamanderson6142
@williamanderson6142 3 жыл бұрын
"No prejudgous in my heart"..Yeah right
@Jiji-the-cat5425
@Jiji-the-cat5425 3 жыл бұрын
They all say that
@frankmiano5266
@frankmiano5266 2 жыл бұрын
Sir, you are doing a service to your nation by posting videos like these. Thank you ❤️
@itsallinthehead
@itsallinthehead Жыл бұрын
What a privilege we have their voices still echo today to edify us all. Thank you, Mr. Hoffman.
@Trev612
@Trev612 3 жыл бұрын
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
@mewho6199 2 жыл бұрын
How can you believe there's a God after hearing this?
@mewho6199
@mewho6199 2 жыл бұрын
@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
@yukonfarnsworth1688 2 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@bradmiech5743
@bradmiech5743 3 жыл бұрын
I was 10 years old 1964. Remember so much. News was news, magazines like Time, Look, Life. We should talk.
@christiancuniah8411
@christiancuniah8411 Жыл бұрын
I thank you Mr. Hoffman for what you are doing.
@jasonbeard4713
@jasonbeard4713 2 жыл бұрын
David, you seem very decent. Thank you for sharing this with us.
@ezio2altair
@ezio2altair 3 жыл бұрын
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
@greatplainsman3662 2 жыл бұрын
Church on every corner.
@OldHeathen1963
@OldHeathen1963 2 жыл бұрын
Says a lot, doesn't it.
@jacquelinewilliamson8933
@jacquelinewilliamson8933 2 жыл бұрын
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
@randyschmidt19 2 жыл бұрын
The Bible endorses slavery and those beliefs were certainly connected to people like that Senator who felt rightchous in their actions.
@alfredmayes5005
@alfredmayes5005 2 жыл бұрын
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.
@davosholdos1253
@davosholdos1253 3 жыл бұрын
What an earnest humble family.
@monicaekeyes2489
@monicaekeyes2489 2 жыл бұрын
This is excellent. Thank you for sharing this. New subscriber.
@jonser20cent68
@jonser20cent68 Жыл бұрын
Quality stuff as always David.
@mitchmatthews6713
@mitchmatthews6713 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, in 1964, that was taking a chance.
@helenjohnson7583
@helenjohnson7583 3 жыл бұрын
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
@crsitlukumbu5731 3 жыл бұрын
@@helenjohnson7583 no ,they were just invading someones propety
@Caperhere
@Caperhere 3 жыл бұрын
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
@Caperhere 3 жыл бұрын
@@crsitlukumbu5731 Bot off.
@crsitlukumbu5731
@crsitlukumbu5731 3 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@Spillers72
@Spillers72 3 жыл бұрын
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
@lisalewis4138 3 жыл бұрын
Same as having to buy your own freedom. Sick analogies
@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367
@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367 3 жыл бұрын
haha for sure and you dont pay hed beat it outta ya and throw you out of your shack
@bobhillenbrand1112
@bobhillenbrand1112 3 жыл бұрын
The ‘sin-ator’ was a Class A oppressor. And a classic sociopath.
@Acadian.FrenchFry
@Acadian.FrenchFry 3 жыл бұрын
Evil man
@bobbywillmac5275
@bobbywillmac5275 3 жыл бұрын
but they go and cheer for ole miss and miss st players
@KeyLoLo322
@KeyLoLo322 2 жыл бұрын
My family (great grandparents, grandmother, and my dad and uncle) lived on that plantation!
@chennao
@chennao 2 жыл бұрын
Very informative video, thanks
@patj4952
@patj4952 3 жыл бұрын
You never disappoint. Thank you.
@Coffeeisnecessarynowpepper
@Coffeeisnecessarynowpepper 3 жыл бұрын
David Hoffman disappointed me that he disposed of his outtakes when he was younger😭😭😭
@1mrflo
@1mrflo 3 жыл бұрын
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
@joehair1513 2 жыл бұрын
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@yingyangorca4124
@yingyangorca4124 2 жыл бұрын
Geez, one of your vids hasn't been recommended for a long while. Months! Great recommendation. Great topic. Great narration. Thank you from Australia. Edit: spelling correction.
@efleming4727
@efleming4727 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing.
@Democratic_union
@Democratic_union 3 жыл бұрын
I just realized that when I’m older I’m going to have a lot of stories to tell my grand kids
@Theomite
@Theomite 3 жыл бұрын
I just realized I'm gonna have lots of stories about other people's stories that I watched to tell my grandkids.
@Democratic_union
@Democratic_union 3 жыл бұрын
@@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
@Coffeeisnecessarynowpepper 3 жыл бұрын
9/11 2001 will always
@Democratic_union
@Democratic_union 3 жыл бұрын
@@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
@Coffeeisnecessarynowpepper 3 жыл бұрын
@Seagal's Best Movie as a black guy I won’t survive in America so my children will be in juvenile court
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