That's why I believe in Christianity because the Scriptures said: "The things that have been done in the dark will be known on the house tops."
Fannie Lou HamerI went almost naked to see that my mother was kept decent and treated as a human being for the first time in all of her life.
Fannie Lou HamerIn fact, one day I was going to Jackson and I saw a huge sign that U.S. Senator John Stennis was speaking that night for the White Citizens Council in Yazoo City and they also have a State Charter that they may set up for "private schools." It is no secret.
Fannie Lou HamerI think there will be great leaders emerging from the State of Mississippi. The people that have the experience to know and the people not interested in letting somebody pat you on the back and tell us "I think it is right." And it is very important for us not to accept a compromise and after I got back to Mississippi, people there said it was the most important step that had been taken.
Fannie Lou Hamer