Episode 108: Fannie Lou Hamer

***Correction: It was brought to my attention that this speech was given on October 15, 1969. (Thanks, P.L.)***

The celebration of the sisters continues...and this episode is a good one. Sometimes, when I listen to some of these speeches it's kinda creepy how relevant they still seem to be. It's almost as if you just swapped out some of the key words or names with some of our modern day issues and figures, the speeches would be just as potent today as they were when they were first given. This speech is an example of one that gave me that feeling. It seems that if you would swap out the word "Vietnam" with the word "Iraq", or "Johnson" with the name "Bush", the rest of the speech still applies, even though it's forty-something years later. Not to mention that in this election year, we seem to be listening to some of the same arguments. That's crazy. But that's also the beauty of a lot of these materials. They're almost timeless. I guess that some struggles and battles are just that. Fannie Lou Hamer was definitely a woman that was unafraid to speak her mind, and in her memory, the BMA is proud to rebroadcast this speech. Listen closely to her words and enjoy. Peace.