Fannie Lou Hamer's Powerful Testimony | Freedom Summer
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- Опубликовано: 22 июн 2014
- Former sharecropper Fannie Lou Hamer's Congressional testimony is so powerful that President Johnson calls an impromptu press conference to get her off the air. But his plan backfires.
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She was one of the greatest Americans who ever lived...
Yes, she was...RIP, Fannie Lou Hamer
@Adolf Hitler LOL, yep.
I AGREE👊🏾
NOT AN AMERICAN CAUSE WHITES DIDN'T TREAT HER LIKE AMERICANS.
AMEN
We need a movie about thus beautiful woman. Her story and her fight is still what were fighting today. May God bless her RIP we love you.
It would be nice if there was a movie about her. I had heard her name but never knew her story. I found this trailer. Watch "This Little Light of Mine: The Legacy of Fannie Lou Hamer - Trailer" on RUclips
ruclips.net/video/Wk7NcBEKA-A/видео.html
YES WE DO, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS WOMAN LIFE ON THE BIG SCREEN... ONE OF MY SHERO’s
She was not white liberal friendly and she was pro black and pro black man.
TheEmpress Dena She was too pro black. And there’s too much media that shows how much she understood that white supremacy focused primarily on blk men.
A movie, really for what? Ya'll got her live speaking out of her own mouth, we don't need an Actress to play her part. Get video from the library of Congress. Damn
Rip ms. Fannie lou hamer. Thank you for all u have done.
The woman was given a "Mississippi Appendectomy" (her Uterus was removed) without her knowledge or consent!!! She had so much looked forward to a future with children, and that right was stolen from her!!! She went in for a Fibroid removal, and they TOOK her FERTILITY intentionally out of racial prejudice, & decided to prevent her from "having a litter."
Out of ALL she suffered, that is the saddest of all ,I feel. :-(
woah, I didn't know that...
I knew Mrs Hamer not well but I did know her. She indeed had her uterus removed. She was also a very devout woman I remember her quoting scripture about Malcom "For you have died and your life is hid with Christ in God" I wonder how many people would still like her if they knew how opposed to abortion she was. I cannot prove it but I think the beating she took eventually killed her
It happened in South Carolina too!!! This is our U.S. history which is not taught in our schools!
@@bobmcgahey1280 If her uterus was removed without her consent I can totally understand why she would be against abortion and would not hold it against her one bit.
Litter? WTF
I'm glad this testimony was given. That is my mother Mrs. Mary Lane Bruce of Greenwood being shown when the film was on the audience. She participated first hand in the movement with King and Hamer and all the activist of her time in Mississippi.
Marcos please stop
That's amazing.... I wish we were taught this step in our history books I'm black and I had no idea this event ever took place sings our black history month is even whitewashed. All the painful and excruciating details are left out. No one was talk about how painful and hard they made it for us to get to where we are today, We're not taught about all the black people who are shot in the streets and killed dead and their children. Every time I have complained about being too tired or in Hungary or God I am so sorry These are the people who should be complaining that they're tired and hungry
It's amazing hear about your mom. She is history,my mom is history too,she lived in Alabama,she went to the church where the 4 young ladies got blown up. My mother didn't make it to church that morning but heard the explosion. It's sad to hear when my mom said they had gotten us to bombs going off. To me that living in fear everyday. Some of our parents and grandparents, etc,had to go through alot for us to have this freedom today. It's sad alot of them can care less. RIP to all of ours HEROES!
@@ttlola5515 it really is a shame, and it's a she me aren't told about this in school, we r only given the whitewashed version of black history month
@@brandondavies9922 I said the same thing! We should have learned about Mrs. Hamer. But I am glad that I know of her now. You take care and stay safe 😷
I had never heard of this woman but then I watched All the way and just had to look her up. What happened to her wasn't in vain because 50 plus years later were still listening to her and finding out who she is. God bless her.
steve mecc Or was in vain because the same system exists today. Perception is key.
Steve Mecc - It's a shame that schools are not teaching black history as it relates to the civil rights movement. Fannie Lou Hamer was an integral part of the civil rights movement.
@@tbwms3243 They had a vote in SC, that Black History will no longer be taught in schools.
@@vswayz490 then we teach our own😑
This is What the History Books in schools Don't Teach! We Need More Teaching of the Truth from a Black Perspective! It would be an entirely different Story! Trust Me!
I love her clear, strong, expressive voice telling her story. I want the full testimony of her story.
More black women need to use her as a role model!
atomictom atomman How many more?
atomictom atomman Black women are tired
@@swiftjustice04
** If you are tired, get a brake, then continue the march.**
Brainwashed n they would have to get treated like fannie to become fannie they love love n hip hop too much cardi B, Nikki Minaj,Megan Thee Stallion, and a boatload of distractions
I think most black women are doing a fine job with or with out a black man
Her strength and courage is awe inspiring. If it weren’t for Ms. Hamer and all of the Civil Rights Martyrs and protesters, I wouldn’t be able to live the life that I live today.....I am very grateful. 👏🏾❤️
Amen! Hallelujah!
Hallelujah thank the LORD for this COURAGEOUS LADY
I just listen to her from time to time to understand and feel what the struggle was like during this time. Ms. Hamer is so inspiring to this day!
Look at her,,,,just look at her,,,, such beauty, such class,,, fearless,,, full of wisdom and BRAVE. I love this woman. Thank you Miss Fanny for speaking truth to power. Message to THE STRONG Black woman....all across the globe...if you're reading this I LOVE YOU!
I LOVE YOU
Until I saw this story, and listened to Ms. Hamer, I did not fully appreciate what 'freedom' meant to African-Americans in the 1963 March on Washington. In her unscripted testimony, Ms. Hamer taught the nation what it meant to live the life of a black person in the 1964 South. It meant terror Because a black person never knew when the night riders might pull up to your house and take a family member to lynch that night; might arrest and beat you; might kill your child for no reason at all. It's more subtle now, but Michael Brown's murder by a Ferguson, Missouri, policeman unveiled that African American mothers of male children still face terror. And new voting restrictions that have been enacted by states and even the Supreme Court show that the beating Fannie Lou Hamer endured still does not guarantee the free right to vote for all citizens.
I agree. I was born in 1966 and thought that the civil rights movement was silly because I couldn't relate to what blacks went through before the mid 1960s. It would be hard for me to have lived in that time period and encountered all that segregation. It goes against everything I believe in. Yes, we've come a long way but we still have a long way to go.
We were never set free according to the laws in the book. Abraham Lincoln was Assassinated, before these laws were placed in prospective! Slavery exist in world today! The Voter's can vote slavery back!
@@toddmiller5656 How silly of U!f
Not just the South. The north was just as racist but more clever. Redlining and deed riders that stated you couldn't sell your property to Blacks had a much more profound impact on our advancement than the South's in your face racism. The North was more strategic in limiting what we can buy, where we could live, and where we could work.
I am so proud and humble that I am a descendant of people like Ms. Fannie Lou Hamer. I never knew her, but I truly love her. Her voice feeds my soul and calms me, I can feel the power of determination when she speaks. She also reminds me of my Grandmother, Mrs.Annie Lou Hawkins who was also a civil rights activist. RIP and thank you to both of these beautiful women.
Congratulations.
Yes Henry, I love all people that fight for their rights, I am latino 100% and love all races that deserves respect.
she was so brave. wow
She was meant to be played by Loretta Devine! Would’ve been Oscar bait 😩
U better say that !!! 💯
If Viola Davis would be willing to gain some pounds, doing a Tom Hanks, woo wee that would be something to see
That’s exactly who I see portraying her is Loretta Devine along with her southern drawl 🖤
Loretta is an excellent choice. ❤
However, the box office woman of the hour getting all of the juicy roles is Octavia Spencer.
Yes she would be perfect!!!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
I hate politics. They play such dirty games. Even when they are supposedly on your side.
Hating politics is not the answer. Participating it in is. That is the point of Democracy.
you should hate racism and racists.
IMO, religion and Politics are two evil twins
Like so many " delta" towns in Mississippi, "luminaries " emerged shining brightly to give hope, energy and making another trail to overcome the oppression placed upon black people. Our God is a good God. Throughout our suffering, He has always been there, every where. blessing. us with gifts as a mighty people. We "rise, let nothing turn us around" and understandably, our oppressors remain frighten with All that we Are and how Little they will always be in their wrongness.
Bullshit You Could.
I'm embarrassed to admit that I was not familiar with Fannie Lou Hamer until I checked out a biography intended for 5th graders. Now I'm here in tears watching youtube clips. Why is she not on money yet?
I love you Mrs. Hamer--thank you for what you did for us.
I'm watching this in the mist of my black brothers and sisters fighting a strong fight in the streets of Amerikkka
They were afraid of that strong black Queen RIP mother Hamer...
This is my aunt she helped raised my aunt ! Down in Ruleville MS ! Wish I could met her
Shes MY blood aunt & I'm from Chicago....ask the family
MY BLOOD IS THICKER THEN MUD......
@@bossman6599 what’s your name and I can ask my mom
She named my grandmother after her.....
I wish they would have cut the commentary so we could actually hear sister Hamer speak
Sister hahaha more like granny
Adil Shahid what’s funny about a women being brutalized and falsely detained?
@@cbridges1202 calm down boy
Adil Shahid Ahh another trolling INCEL.
@@cbridges1202 you know who i am ?
Women like Fannie lead us through the darkest times on faith and instinct alone.
A very powerful strong women I’m so glad my youngest daughter graduated from her High School in New York City👏🏾❤️
At first I was astounded at how bold and fluent she was, then it occurred to me that she had probably done some speaking at church and that she actually believed the verse, "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me."
My new role model ~ I WILL BE A VOICE FOR MY PEOPLE ~ Shalom
Thank you Fannie Lou Hamer for your courage and sacrifice to be a first class citizen.
OmGOD… I absolutely LOVE Mrs Hammer‘a speech her conviction her demeanor her passion … is “EPIC”❤ this dynamic lady is my SHERO ❤RIP MY SIS IN CHRIST🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
This speech is for the ages!
June 2020.. Speech powerful and just as Revealing and striking Today.. Thank you for your service ❤
I love to hear her speak. I am also awed by her fearlessness. She was awesome. She showed what type of warrior she was when she gave her home address to let them know she was not in fear of the racist terrorists that tried to oppress us by violence and evil. She put her life on the line to fight for what she believed in.⭐
So these men still talk over her and we can't hear what she said. Thanks, PBS.
A true American and Daughter of Mississippi. RIP
Does anybody know where full, uninterrupted speech is? I've searched across RUclips and can't seem to find it and this video interrupts Fannie Lou as much as it did back then. Let's hear it from the woman herself!
It won't show the whole thing since a HUGE majority of it was cut off by Johnson
Just put her name in the RUclips search. The full speech is listed. It’s titled the audio of fannnie...... it’s a full testimony
Here: ruclips.net/video/ML3WaEsCB98/видео.html
RUclips
ruclips.net/video/ML3WaEsCB98/видео.html
Try title Audio of Fannie Lou Hamer’s testimony. Loaded by Pamela Cook.
Rest in Power my Dear Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer! We Love you. Most incredible human that ever lived!
#with God & Angels!
Thank you Ms. Fannie Lou Hamer 🤎
I feel so much pride when i see this woman, it brings me to tears, with the roaring of her voice, she is so prophetic in her speech, so pure and real. She is America, she is America. Thank you Mrs. Hammer, forever indebted.
Still fighting today
You can just see the pain in her face. The racism in this country is nauseating.
It yet still is.
#amenonit
This woman!!!! This black woman is a hero!!! Get to know her story and allow it to change your life.
She was sitting in the pit of hell with all those devils around her.
Michael Gallien
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@Michael Gallien She did it for y'all. She had already lived. her life! people was it a waste of her time!
exactly
Sleep Peaceful Ms. Fannie Lou Hamer I Appreciate All You Have Done For Us 🥰
I've been doing my research on her and this woman had more heart and determination than most of these men do. What an incredible woman.
Boo sexist
what a woman!! so sad that she is no longer with us, I wonder what she would make of our society today! Rest in power Fannie Lou! you kept it all the way 100
Powerful Woman PERIOD Hattie Lou Hamer SAY HER NAME
YOU CENSORED HER TESTIMONY AS WELL
What you have done to the least of these you have done it to me, my Jesus! Amen!
I'm upset that NONE of my public school history classes taught us about Fannie Lou Hamer. I shouldn't just now be learning about her...
Tears and chills.
She is the 🐐!! Fannie Lou needs a movie about her seriously
I love to just watch her speak ❤️✊🏾
I love Ms. Fannie Lou Hammer... Relax In Paradise👑💐👑💐👑💐💐
What a beautiful strong black woman... I wish I knew her.
sometimes, the current interviews thrown in, takes away from the power of the original footage
And this STILL is not her testimony in FULL!
Whoever put this together is STILL interrupting her voice!
Where can we find her testimony in its entirety?
Please tell me where?
You can find an audio-only copy of her entire testimony here: ruclips.net/video/KpIlI09Lxe8/видео.html
Will DaThrill Thank you.
ok so you didn't show her whole testimony from start to finish. I don't get it. You said the President convened a press conference to distract from her testimony, and your film does the same thing. It would be great if you could show it from start to finish.
So powerful! Rest in peace! ♥️
My first time learning of this woman.
😢
Seeing this video clip of her makes me wanna see more of her....
"WE SHALL OVER COME,DID WE"?
How many remember the song "We Shall Over Come"?It was the song sung by MLK and those who stood with him during the civil rights movement in the 60's.This song was spiritually inspirational for those who were committed to overcome civil injustice,racial inequality,poverty,etc.This song was sung as rocks were thrown,dogs attacking,police beatings of marchers determined to overcome being treated less than human.Some marchers even lost their lives.Black folks had enough and were unconditionally committed to the movement to change their conditions & status in America.As a child I watched what was happening on TV and listened to the radio to the beginning of change for the oppressed citizens of America.The process had begun,no more sitting in the back of the bus.No more suppression of voting rights.Children of color could attend schools who's policies forbid them from attending."We Shall Over Come",yes we were hopeful ,people of color were making progress towards equality.Then came the assassinations of prominent Black leaders,MLK,Malcolm X and others.This slowed the progression of the "Peoples Movement",the singing seem to stop,the progress that was made was not being nurtured.Complacency seemed to set in by the people through the following years.Did some of us believed that we had arrived in society?Had we forgotten about what sacrifices were made for us,had we lost our way?How did we allow our self respect & pride,our love for one another slip away.What happened to us through the years,maybe it was the "Heroin & Crack epidemic.That swept through communities of color,leaving devastation & death.Has our courage been depleted through the years.It is now 2014,the era of "Sex & Violence.The biggest "Crisis" in America today is "Gun Violence".This is the scourge & plague in America's communities of color.There's a aura of hopelessness coming from people of color today.Remember those who had less than nothing that started the process of change,though today people of color have more.Reality is we still have nothing as a people.No empowerment,no Unity,no real family structure or moral fiber.Children of color killing one another.Our passion to stand for what is right has diminished.We complain on our knees,still we won't stand up for our children.Today we must "Overcome" ourselves,because we've allowed ourselves to forget.Living in denial about how we have a part in what has happened to us.In order to start the process,we have to be willing to be forthright in being diligent,accepting criticism from naysayers.Our children's lives are in peril.We can no longer afford to stand by and let them kill each other.Time for a new "Peoples Movement",still first we must "Overcome" ourselves.Then perhaps by God's will,we will begin to sing our battle cry "We Shall Over Come" in the process to save our children's lives and restore hope.......No Violence-Know Peace!
Posted by **ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!**Save Our Children!**
velton nix You summed it all up in your comment. Thank you
Thank you for your witness and courageous stand, Mrs Hamer. Rest in peace and power.
Thank you for her powerful testimony
WHY CUT IT OFF, PBS!! Why speak over her POWER! Play it, don't censor it the same!!
Yeah, here the film complains about LBJ cutting her off and the maker of the film does the same damn thing. Damn, that angers me!
Thank you to The Great Freedom Fighter Fannie Lou Hamer 🕊🙏🏽❤️✊🏽💪🏽
Fannie Lou Hamer sounded the alarm which many ignored, and claimed false back then and since that time. Let us not forget that there are those who continue to carry out less physical, but far more insidious and ugly attacks upon any who dare stand up and lay claim to what are their human and civil rights. But God!!!
Thank You Ms. Hamer for your courage. You turned your suffering and pain into fuel to fight for all Black people the right to vote and to be 1st class citizens.
Powerful Warrior who stood her ground 💯💯💯💯Thank you for what all you did💯💯💯💯RIP Fannie Lou Hammer
I ❤️fannie lou!
This video needs to be shown to all the children in the mainstream School so that some of the children can know how privileged they are maybe they might show some respect to the less fortunate and grow up to be a better human than their parents were
Thank you for uploading!! I will show this to my children!!
Powerful. I was born and raised in Mississippi for 16 yrs and never heard of her until a few years ago.
Same ole’ ish, just a different day. Thank you FLH. Even-though it is the same ole’ ish, I️ will NEVER STOP...
Pure strength.
Got got chills she's so strong
Yes Lord this was something else,Ms.Fannie ,Tell it,like it is,them Devils didnt wanna hear her powerful words,i thank my Ancestors for everything,they had too go through.
Trump tactics , trump would do the same damn thing. stay woke people!!!!!!!!
Go Fanmie Mae.... Show em who you are and how still, in 2020, things have not changed👊👊👊👊
Her speech gives me chills
Much Appreciation.
I'm from Greece and i was today years old (36) when i learned about Fannie Lou Hamer. I'm gonna talk about her to everyone i know.
You still didn't play the entire testimony so this post is just as bad as the President having the press conference.
And they can't even include the year? How hard is it to type four digits?
From that time to now we cannot let them turn us around freedom fight is still going on thank you Miss Fannie from leading the way
Thank u for this video.
She was a strong powerful woman! Thank you Fannie Lou Hamer you taught us how to fight!! Your spirit is with us!
I really appreciate their efforts. They are pathfinder in a real sense.
god bless fannie lou hamer..a true patriot and a great american
"If we dont change the direction in which we are heading....we will end up there". MLK we are there again and we never left George Floyd R.I.P
"By policeman"... that's interesting looking at the current 2020 situation.....wiw... what a fckn shock!!!!!🙄🙄
Beautiful souls which I feel I have not followed in their correct Light...But I changed and I'm training myself teaching myself with the proper and correct Knowledge. Umoja 2 us all.
I am sorry Mr. King-
I would have giving my life for yours_
A true leader_
Fannie Lou Hamer, a true freedom Fighter.
Black women. Black 🖤. Fannie Lou Hamer greatness.
Strong, Resilient, Fearless BLACK woman
May Fannie Lou Hamer Rest In Peace
A great woman. One of the greatest to walk the planet.
Forever a GIANT in U.S. History
I just love this woman her massage will never die
*message*
The soul of my elder Mrs. FANNIE LOU HAMER. Rest in peace, beloved.💗💞 💜💜💜💜💜
I've just learned about her. Thank the Lord for this Angel....🙏❤
She saw the intersection between voting rights, education, and economic opportunity. She was far ahead of her time, and was planting seeds for trees that she wouldn't live to sit under. We, the people, must continue her legacy and fight for the upward mobility and empowerment of the Black community. May her name forever be engraved in the halls of history for her outstanding work and achievements to make a better world for us all.
A true indigenous hero!!! #FannielouHamers
I thank of you often the statement you said if I’m not tree no blacks are free you are so right. I often cry when I realize you have open my mind about people of color and FREEDOM for all . Thank you 💕