"We have to build our own power. We……" — Fannie Lou Hamer
"We have to build our own power. We have to win every single political office we can, where we have a majority of black people... The question for black people is not, when is the white man going to give us our rights, or when is he going to give us good education for our children, or when is he going to give us jobs-if the white man gives you anything-just remember when he gets ready he will take it right back. We have to take for ourselves."
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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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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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No. What would I look like fighting for equality with the white man? I don't want to go down that low. I…
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