In 1964, the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party sent delegates to the Democratic National Convention (DNC) to challenge the dominance of the all-white Mississippi Democratic Party. When Fannie Lou Hamer spoke before the DNC Credentials Committee on August 22nd, her testimony was so powerful that President Johnson called an impromptu press conference to get her off the air. But his plan backfired and her story would be broadcast that night on televisions across America. | American Experience |

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