Fannie Lou Hamer Quotes

I was forced away from the plantation because i wouldn't go back and withdraw, you know, my literacy test after i. Share it is only when we speak what is right that we stand a chance at night of being blown to bits in our homes. This quote was later employed as her epitaph, and used by american singer and songwriter anastacia at her song sick and tired.

— fannie lou hamer a black woman's body was never hers alone. If i did, i'd be a thief and a murderer.” I say, with the handful, for the handful, by the handful, 'cause that's what really happens.

I’m not backing off.” 2.

Fannie lou hamer on being fearless and telling the truth “sometimes it seem like to tell the truth today is to run the risk of being killed. I am sick and tired of being sick and tired. We're in this bag together.” ― fannie lou hamer 12 likes like “if i am truly free, who can tell me how much of my freedom i can have today?” ― fannie lou hamer 11 likes like “i don't want equal rights with the white man; If i fall, i'll fall five feet four inches forward in the fight for freedom.