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Today in Peace and Justice history on August 22, 1964
Fannie Lou Hamer, leader of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), testified in front of the Credentials Committee at the Democratic National Convention. She was challenging the all-white delegation that the segregated regular Mississippi Democrats had sent to the presidential nominating convention. continued > http://www.peacebuttons.info/E-News/thisweek.htm
