Fannie Lou Hamer: Testimony to Credentials Committee, DNC 1964

#OTD in 1964, civil rights activist and leader Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer testified at the Democratic National Committee in Atlantic City, New Jersey, about the discrimination and violence that Black people faced when attempting to register to vote in the South, particularly in Mississippi. This year (2024) marks 60 years since her nationally televised testimony, which rallied support for the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and highlighted the need to eliminate voting barriers for Black people. We encourag