In this Aug. 22, 1964 photograph, Fannie Lou Hamer, a leader of the Freedom Democratic party, speaks before the credentials committee of the Democratic national convention in Atlantic City, in efforts to win accreditation for the largely African American group as Mississippi’s delegation to the convention, instead of the all-white state delegation. Miss., honoring her. AP Photo
Sandra Lindsay sat calmly as the needle pierced her flesh.
She gazed straight ahead at the swarm of journal