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Freedom Summer is powerful television on PBS tonight. Below, Fannie Lou Hamers legendary testimony at the DNC to fight to seat the Mississippi Freedom Party was on national television. It was electrifying and absolutely transformative. President Lyndon Johnson, in a state of paranoia and unable to sleep, was so afraid of the power this group might have and of the impact of her speech that he scheduled a speech from the White House in order to preempt her coverage. Her speech remains as relevant as ever today, as voter suppression has spread insidiously in state after state.
Posted on: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 05:32:33 +0000

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