Jacqui Lewis Instagram – “Nobody’s Free till Everybody’s Free” said Fannie Lou Hamer. I LOVE this shirt, an impromptu gift from my friend, the incomparable @blackmon_traci. ❤️✊🏾
Traci is widely known nationally for her activism in Ferguson, Missouri following Michael Brown’s heinous murder; but I am beyond honored to call her a colleague in movement building, and a friend.
I’m thinking about the continuum of activism that connects us as Black Women. Fannie Lou Hamer attended Mommy’s childhood church (SNCC recruited Mrs. Hamer there). She picked cotton with my grandmother, and enlisted my Great Uncle George in her voting rights work in Ruleville MS. She ignited the world with her activism at the 1964 Democratic Convention when she and other Blacks demanded to be recognized as legitimate members of the party.
My friend activist and artist Aunjanue Ellis made a short movie about about Mrs. Hamer—Fannie. Like Traci and Fannie Lou, Aunjanue stands up and fights for the rights of Black People because, “Nobody’s Free till Everybody’s Free.” Aunjanue and I had a beautiful conversation about Black faith in this podcast, Love Period. Link in bio. Do NOT miss our talk about her new movie Origin and our shared liberation on Sunday 2/11 at 1:00p. I’m proud to be surrounded by Black Women carrying doing liberative work, so we can all be free.
#BlackAllWays #AllWaysBlack #BlackHistoryMonth #FierceLove #GodIsLove | Posted on 09/Feb/2024 21:32:57
