JACKSON, Miss. — Vice President Kamala Harris accepted the Democrats’ presidential nom-ination Thursday Aug. 22, 2024, exactly 60 years after another Black woman mesmerized the na-tion with a ...
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We didn’t come here for no two seats: Fannie Lou Hamer and the future of Black political power
In 1964, Fannie Lou Hamer stood before the Democratic National Convention (DNC). She delivered one of the most searing ...
Introduction: Showing love and telling it like it is : the rhetorical practices of Fannie Lou Hamer -- "I don't mind my light shining," speech delivered at a Freedom Vote rally in Greenwood, ...
Learn about Fannie Lou Hamer, a voting rights activist whose vision for an inclusive political future laid the groundwork for the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. By Keisha N. Blain, an ...
Introduction: "I don't mind my light shining" -- A rhetorical education, 1917-1962 -- Through the shadows of death, 1962-1964 -- "Is this America?" 1964 -- "The country's number one freedom fighting ...
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