Who said "I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees."?

This quote is attributed to Fannie Lou Hamer.

I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees. - Fannie Lou Hamer

"I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees."

Fannie Lou Hamer

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."