Speaking at a 1963 SNCC event, activist Fannie Lou Hamer told the crowd, "I want true democracy. I want something that& #39;s built up from truth and righteousness that I won& #39;t have to shoot at the next man because he& #39;s trying to get me" https://s.si.edu/3k5hjy1 .">https://s.si.edu/3k5hjy1&q... #19SuffrageStories
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The portrait of Hamer above was taken by Louis Draper in 1971, and is now held as part of the collections of @NMAAHC (© The Louis Draper Archive, 2013.43.2).
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