Some 58 years ago, Fannie Lou Hamer found her way to a mass meeting at William Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Ruleville, Miss., population 1,902. She was nearing her 45th birthday and had heard something that would change her life and American society.
James Bevel, a preacher affiliated with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, told the congregation on that night in August 1962 that Black people can’t be denied their right to vote.
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