I am thinking of Fannie Lou Hamer tonight. 20th child of Miss. sharecroppers, kicked out her home for attempting to vote, founder of the the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party that challenged all-white Democratic voting, beaten, shot at,dead at 59, mother of American democracy.
"The truth is that as much democracy as this nation has today, it has been borne on the backs of Black resistance. Black Americans, more than any other group, embrace the democratic ideals of a common good."
"For generations, we hv believed in this country with a faith it did not deserve. Black people have seen the worst of America, yet, somehow, we still believe in its best. What if America understood, finally, in this 401st y, that we have never been the problem but the solution?"
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