This closing paragraph highlights everything that is important. Fannie Lou Hamer's personal testimony showed the injustices an African American woman at the time received all from the singular action of trying to become a citizen. None of what was dealt to Ms. Hamer and so many others throughout the decades was necessary.

Someone getting beat upon (a woman at that) is praying for those who are causing her harm. If whites in that time were able to eliminate the hatred that fueled within them and realize that all people were people, with feelings and rights, a lot of violent acts throughout American history would be nonexistent.

The phrase "Get that one there" - despicable. Shows the inherent racism that fueled inside individuals. All people were human beings, despite the color of their skin - not it's. Another example of Jim Crow South segregation.

Jim Crow South segregation - constant activities of patrolmen and policeman pulling over or escorting out African Americans either on the road or in establishments.

Consistent acts of violence throughout the Jim Crow time period. Acts of violence on African Americans specifically.

Mississippi was not ready for forward movement in the equality and citizenship sector for African Americans. Mississippi, alongside other states, stood on it's racial moral and standards for what they believed was correct/right in society at that time.

Fannie Lou Hamer was experiencing the Jim Crow South by being racially profiled and pulled over numerous times on their trek through the county where they applied to be citizens. The South was segregated and their were large barriers that came with that fact for African Americans.

Her detail in stating her exact home address, full name and patrons alongside her, Mrs. Lou Hamer personalizes herself with the cause she is standing for - fighting for conventional rights as an equal individual.

Theme throughout history: African American's fighting for some change or reformation in societal norms and coming up unsuccessful.

This process allows for redistribution of wealth to fall in place as well as relate many individuals into the same class further achieving that mindset of we are all, equality and peace.

Majority of history we read about stems from the theme of the denial of these required rights in life.

Redistribution of wealth and the mentality that all individuals had undeniable rights as citizens led reform after the effects of the Great Depression.

Reformation in the form of limiting the power and control of big business.

This related to me in the form of "Big Business" - America is owned and ran by those large corporations and not truly by the American people.

Life - Liberty - Pursuit of Happiness: Rights that should NOT be denied.

It's first hand knowledge from the Declaration of Independence (primary source): each individual has undeniable rights, but all throughout history, many individuals were grouped based upon the color of their skin and denied those rights.

Huey Long was liked by the public due to his acts in favor of reform and distribution for all. If he wasn't assassinated, he would have won fully with that support.

Huey Long had this name due to his actions of delivering assistance to the poor or providing some type of program for reform in such a quick and consistent manner.

W.E.B. Dubois is basically stating that Washington's only aim is for economic gain rather than the true virtues and quality of living an equal life.

I believe Washington used this quote to basically highlight to whites at the time that in African American people, they had what they needed all along as an equal counterpart - it would just take a shift in mindset and a decreased fuel of racism.

I think it's easy to state that Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois had differing opinions on racial equality strides for African American's in the South. Washington preached racial cooperation by African American's in Dubois opinion "submitted" to whites. Washington saw things as hard work and education being a higher power over the active systemic racism at the time while Dubois saw African American's admitting to the conceived inferiority at the time. He believed African American's gave up political power, civil rights and higher education. Dubois believed Washington's propoganda fueled this loss. Washington fought for an African American to be treated more equally to their counterpart. In the quote of "cast down your bucket where you are" Washington is stating that Southern Whites had what they needed all along, they just never looked onto African American's as equal counterparts. It's interesting to see the differing outlook of the two but to also highlight the theme of both pieces as a fight for further racial equality.