We are asking for the right to vote. This is a basic human r... - Fannie Lou Hamer

This quote is attributed to Fannie Lou Hamer.

"We are asking for the right to vote. This is a basic human right."

Fannie Lou Hamer Justice

Civil Rights Leader, Activist American 1917–1977

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"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."

"Justice must always prevail."

"You think I'm just some animal?"

"Fighting for what's right never gets easier."

"Justice is worth fighting for."