Women in Black History - Fannie Lou Hamer, a fierce civil rights leader, knew this truth deeply. Her abiding relationship with God gave her the strength to endure beatings, imprisonment, and relentless opposition. She famously said, "Is this America, the land of the free and the home of the brave, where we have to sleep with our telephones off the hooks because our lives be threatened daily?" Yet, even in the face of such adversity, she never wavered in her faith or commitment to justice.