Who said "My father was a slave, and I was born not far from slavery."?

This quote is attributed to Fannie Lou Hamer.

My father was a slave, and I was born not far from slavery. - Fannie Lou Hamer

"My father was a slave, and I was born not far from slavery."

Fannie Lou Hamer History

Civil Rights Leader, Activist American 1917–1977

"I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired."

"Nobody's free until everybody's free."

"I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free so that other people would be also free."

"You can pray until you faint, but unless you try to do something, the Lord will not help you."

"I've seen a lot of things in my time."

"That's how we archaeologists tell time."

"We must learn from history or be doomed to repeat it."

"Every artifact tells a story."