Quotes by Fannie Lou Hamer

Every red stripe in that flag represents the black man's blood that has been shed.

If I fall, I'll fall five feet four inches forward in the fight for freedom. I'm not backing off.

With the people, for the people, by the people. I crack up when I hear it; I say, with the handful, for the handful, by the handful, cause that's what really happens.

One day, I know the struggle will change. There's got to be a change - not only for Mississippi, not only for the people in the United States, but people all over the world.

I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.