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That's why I want to change Mississippi. You don't run away from problems - you just face them. -Fannie Lou Hamer
I am sick and tired of being sick and tired. -Fannie Lou Hamer
I'm showing the people that a Negro can run for office. - Fannie Lou Hamer
One day, I know the struggle will change. There's got to be a change - not only for Mississippi, not only for the people in the United States, but people all over the world. - Fannie Lou Hamer
Every red stripe in that flag represents the black man's blood that has been shed. - Fannie Lou Hamer
It was the 31st of August in 1962 that eighteen of us traveled twenty-six miles to the county courthouse in Indianola to try to register to become first-class citizens. We was met in Indianola by policemen, Highway Patrolmen, and they only allowed two of us in to take the literacy test at the time. - Fannie Lou Hamer
I hope nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.
I had to leave, and my husband was forced to stay on this plantation until after the harvest season was over. And then the man that we had worked for, he'd taken the car, and the most of the few things we had had been stolen. - Fannie Lou Hamer
I'm free of all prejudices. I hate all people equally. ― W.C. Fields
I feel sorry for anybody that could let hate wrap them up. Ain't no such thing as I can hate anybody and hope to see God's face. -Fannie Lou Hamer
