Fannie Lou Hamer Quotes
We didnt come all this way for no two seats when all of us is tired.
Hamer, Fannie Lou. Quoted in This Little Light of Mine: The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer, by Kay Mills, Dutton, 1993, p. 126.
Fannie Lou Hamer was an American voting and women's rights activist, community organizer, and a leader in the civil rights movement. She was the co-founder and vice-chair of the Freedom Democratic Party, which she represented at the 1964 Democratic National Convention. Hamer also organized Mississippi's Freedom Summer along with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). She was also a co-founder of the National Women's Political Caucus, an organization created to recruit, train, and support women of all races who wish to seek election to government office.