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60 years ago Fannie Lou Hamer rattled the Democratic convention with her 'Is this America?' speech

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Fannie Lou Hamer challenged the seating of Mississippi ’s all-white delegation to the 1964 Democratic National Convention .

Hamer testified that she was fired from her plantation job in retaliation for trying to register to vote and brutalized in jail for encouraging other Black people to assert their rights.

The regular Mississippi delegation fled the convention without declaring loyalty to LBJ , and eventually left for good.

The Freedom Democrats helped lead the way to President Barack Obama ’s election in 2008 and now Harris ’ nomination.

Hamer spoke after the 1964 convention, famously saying she was “sick and tired of being sick and tired” over how long America was taking to ensure fair treatment.

“State-sanctioned violence” is among the many issues from her 1964 testimony that still resonate, historian says.

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