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The Gray Area with Sean Illing cover image

Fannie Lou Hamer and the meaning of freedom

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

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The President of the United States, Thank You

President lindon banes johnson reacted to her address at the 64 convention. So he decided to hold an impromptu press conference, just boofor people from actually not hearing this powerful black woman who was speaking truth to power. Imean, in the end, those who heard it live were moved. Those who heard it later, after it was nron national t v, they could not stop thinking about it. And it really touched them to the core, because it was clear just the pain, but also just the honesty of what black people were facing in the united states.

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