How Many Beatings Have You Taken?

Name: How Many Beatings Have You Taken?
Uploaded: 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z
Duration: P104S
Description: Fannie Lou Hamer helped fight for better representation among Mississippi Democrats in 1964. Congressman Adam Clayton Powell of New York City asked for compromise. He didn't know who Fannie Lou Hamer was. Watch "Freedom Summer" on American Experience PBS on June 24, 2014.

Clip: Season 26 Episode 6 | 1m 44s

Fannie Lou Hamer helped fight for better representation among Mississippi Democrats in 1964. Congressman Adam Clayton Powell of New York City asked for compromise. He didn't know who Fannie Lou Hamer was. Watch "Freedom Summer" on American Experience PBS on June 24, 2014.

Aired: 06/24/14

Rating: NR

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