S4 E7: Freedom Summer
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The Mississippi Freedom Democracy
64 black people and four whites went to atlantic city for the first time in their lives. The freedom democrats chose fanny lo mer as their most important witness before the credentials committee. She spoke for eight minutes without notes, her hands clasped in front of her. Missus hamer told the story of her beating in the winona jail the previous year. Her crime was using the whites only rest room at a bus station.
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