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America Reframed
Fannie Lou Hamer's America | Is This America?
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Joseph L. Rauh, Jr. introduce Fannie Lou Hamer at the 1964 Democratic National Party. As a leader of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, she testifies about her terrifying experiences with voter registration as a Black woman and as a voting rights activist.
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