I have just as much right to stay in America - in fact, the black people have contributed more to America than any other race, because our kids have fought here for what was called "democracy"; our mothers and fathers were sold and bought here for a price. So all I can say when they say "go back to Africa," I say "when you send the Chinese back to China, the Italians back to Italy, etc., and you get on that Mayflower from whence you came, and give the Indians their land back, who really would be here at home?"
You don't have to like everybody, but you have to love everybody. - Fannie Lou Hamer
You don't have to like everybody, but you have to love everybody.
- Fannie Lou Hamer
Never to forget where we came from and always praise the bridges that carried us over. - Fannie Lou Hamer
Never to forget where we came from and always praise the bridges that carried us over.
Whether you have a Ph.D., or no D, we're in this bag together. And whether you're from Morehouse or Nohouse, we're still in this bag together. Not to… - Fannie Lou Hamer
Whether you have a Ph.D., or no D, we're in this bag together. And whether you're from Morehouse or Nohouse, we're still in this bag together. Not to…
Sometimes it seem like to tell the truth today is to run the risk of being killed. But if I fall, I'll fall five feet four inches forward in the figh… - Fannie Lou Hamer
Sometimes it seem like to tell the truth today is to run the risk of being killed. But if I fall, I'll fall five feet four inches forward in the figh…
I am sick and tired of being sick and tired. - Fannie Lou Hamer
I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.
You can pray until you faint, but unless you get up and try to do something, God is not going to put it in your lap. - Fannie Lou Hamer
You can pray until you faint, but unless you get up and try to do something, God is not going to put it in your lap.
Christianity is being concerned about [others], not building a million-dollar church while people are starving right around the corner. Christ was a … - Fannie Lou Hamer
Christianity is being concerned about [others], not building a million-dollar church while people are starving right around the corner. Christ was a …
Nobody's free until everybody's free. - Fannie Lou Hamer
Nobody's free until everybody's free.
When I liberate myself, I liberate others. If you don't speak out ain't nobody going to speak out for you. - Fannie Lou Hamer
When I liberate myself, I liberate others. If you don't speak out ain't nobody going to speak out for you.
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