Fannie Lou Hamer’s call for Americans to ‘wake up’ is more relevant today
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on February 27, 2024
During the summer of 1968, the 50-year-old civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer delivered a powerful speech on American democracy before a mostly white audience in Kentucky. In Hamer’s vision, all Americans committed to social justice needed to address the unfinished work of building democracy. “
