We have to build our own power. We have to win every single political office we can, where we have a majority of black people... The question for black people is not, when is the white man going to give us our rights, or when is he going to give us good education for our children, or when is he going to give us jobs-if the white man gives you anything-just remember when he gets ready he will take it right back. We have to take for ourselves.
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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