"Black people know what white people mean when……" — Fannie Lou Hamer
"Black people know what white people mean when they say “law and order”."
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Fannie Lou Hamer
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29 Quotes by Fannie Lou Hamer
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When I liberate others, I liberate myself.
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Sometimes it seem like to tell the truth today is to run the risk of being killed. But if I…
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I guess if I'd had any sense, I'd have been a little scared [to register to vote] - but what…
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All of this is on account we want to register [sic], to become first-class citizens, and if the Freedom Democratic…
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You can pray until you faint, but unless you get up and try to do something, God is not going…
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We have to build our own power. We have to win every single political office we can, where we have…
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Christianity is being concerned about [others], not building a million-dollar church while people are starving right around the corner. Christ…
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But you see now baby, whether you have a ph.d., d.d. or no d, we're in this bag together. And…
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If this is a Great Society, I'd hate to see a bad one.
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There is one thing you have got to learn about our movement. Three people are better than no people.
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I always said if I lived to get grown and had a chance, I was going to try to get…
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We didn't come all the way up here to compromise for no more than we’d gotten here. We didn't come all…
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