Vice President Kamala Harris is set to accept the Democrats' presidential nomination on Thursday, marking the 60th anniversary of a pivotal moment in civil rights history. Fannie Lou Hamer, a Black woman, delivered a powerful speech challenging Mississippi's all-white delegation at the 1964 Democratic National Convention.
Hamer's testimony before the credentials committee in Atlantic City exposed the injustices faced by Black voters in the segregated South. She recounted being fired from her job and brutalized in jail for advocating for voting rights. Hamer's impassioned plea for equality resonates to this day.
