[Oe List ...] Fannie Lou Hamer

[Ken Fisher]

I had the privilege of meeting her once in Janesville (?) WI when I was at the Madison House.

An extraordinarily humble women.

In this spring of ’77, I was at Delta Pace Mississippi when her funeral was held nearby. Maybe Frank & Sandy attended.

In ’63 I was a SNCC fundraiser in Ottawa. That’s when I first heard of her. What a gift.

Ken






> On Nov 22, 2020, at 8:35 PM, J and O Slotta via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uF8YI1NYwQ <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uF8YI1NYwQ> 
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> (Try 'clicking' on the above link. Or, you may have to copy/paste the above link into your server's 'Search' box.)
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> Friends,
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> We invite you to watch and listen to a conversation. It is a ‘modern dialogue sermon,’ embedded in a Sunday, November 22nd worship service, on Youtube.
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> The link above will take you to the service; the conversation begins at 19:00 minutes and continues to 43:20. Fast-forwarding to 19:00 is possible.
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> This ‘chat’ between Andy Dunning and Rahdearra Paris Woods is precious. Be prepared to spend a half hour worth your time.
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> It is helpful to use the feature “CC” (Closed Captions) because Andy and Rah are speaking through their Covid masks.
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> Hope you find the chat to be as informative and inspirational as we did. In 1979, we spent six months in Mississippi working on a statewide “Town Meeting” program through the office of then-Governor Cliff Finch. We experienced life-threats and felt connected to a higher cause, but, in retrospect, nothing like the experiences of Fannie Lou.
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> Mississippi needed a miracle to adopt its new flag with the Magnolia replacing the Confederate flag...
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> Blessings,
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> Jim (& OliveAnn) Slotta
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