Show Summary Details Preview. In early September 1964, Fannie Lou Hamer spoke at a mass meeting held in Indianola, Mississippi. FANNIE LOU HAMER, "WE’RE ON OUR WAY," SPEECH BEFORE A MASS MEETING HELD AT THE NEGRO BAPTIST SCHOOL IN INDIANOLA, MISSISSIPPI (SEPTEMBER 1964) 1. Davis W. Houck and Maegan Parker Brooks transcription from audiorecording and proofreading of electronic text, 21-24 June 2009.Voices of Democracy is an NEH Sponsored Project (2005-2009), Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development-Materials Development Grant. Speech Title as it is to be printed: We’re On Our Way, Speech Before a Mass Meeting Held at the Negro Baptist School in Indianola, Mississippi. Indication of editing functions performed (e.g., data entry, proof-reading), by whom (complete name), and when performed (complete [inclusive] dates[s]): We have transcribed the full form of the words Hamer spoke—deciding not to try representing her vernacular speech phonetically (in the case of dropped “g’s” in gerunds like “running”). During the 1960s and ‘70s, this indomitably nonviolent African-American sharecropper from the Mississippi Delta was a moving spirit of the civil rights and women’s movements. Mass meetings, the format of which resembles that of a church service, featured religious sermons, freedom songs, and secular speeches and were a vital part of the black freedom movement’s grassroots contingent.

The example of Fannie Lou Townsend Hamer shows that “pro-life” does not mean acting as if life begins at conception and ends at birth. Exact Date and Place… 2. English 100%.

We have, however, done our best to translate the grammatical, syntactical, and stylistic components of Hamer’s spoken word to the written page. Civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer was born 100 years ago on Oct. 6, 1917. FANNIE LOU HAMER, “WE’RE ON OUR WAY,” SPEECH BEFORE A MASS MEETING HELD AT THE NEGRO BAPTIST SCHOOL IN INDIANOLA, MISSISSIPPI (SEPTEMBER 1964)1. The copy-text is Hamer 1964, an audiotape representation of the delivered speech. Fannie Lou Townsend Hamer rose from humble beginnings in the Mississippi Delta to become one of the most important, passionate, and powerful voices of the civil and voting rights movements and a leader in the efforts for greater economic opportunities for African Americans. Early Life. Hamer was born Fannie Lou Townsend on October 6, 1917, in Montgomery County, Mississippi, the youngest of 20 children. Below is … Exact Date and Place of Speech Delivery: September 1964, Speech Before a Mass Meeting Held at the Negro Baptist School in Indianola, Mississippi.3.

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