Fannie Lou Hamer

There is one thing you have got to learn about our movement. Three people are better than no people.
Fannie Lou Hamer

If the white man gives you anything -- just remember when he gets ready he will take it right back. We have to take for ourselves.
Fannie Lou Hamer

Nobody's free until everybody's free.
Fannie Lou Hamer

But you see now baby, whether you have a ph.d., d.d. or no d, we're in this bag together. And whether you are from Morehouse or Nohouse, we're still in this bag together.
Fannie Lou Hamer

White Americans today don't know what in the world to do because when they put us behind them, that's where they made their mistake. . . . they put us behind them, and we watched every move they made.
Fannie Lou Hamer

What was the point of being scared? The only thing they could do to me was kill me and it seemed like they'd been trying to do that a little bit at a time ever since I could remember.
Fannie Lou Hamer

I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.
Fannie Lou Hamer

Sometimes it seem like to tell the truth today is to run the risk of being killed. But if I fall, I'll fall five feet four inches forward in the fight for freedom. I'm not backing off.
Fannie Lou Hamer