Season 2, Episode 1: Keisha Blain, Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America

Send us Fan MailJohn Professor Jeffrey Sachs and award-winning historian, Dr. Keisha Blain, as they discuss her latest book, Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America. Together, they will situate Fannie Lou Hamer as a key political thinker alongside leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and Rosa Parks while illustrating how her ideas remain salient for a new generation of activists committed to dismantling systems of oppression in the United States and across the globe.The Book Club with Jeffrey Sachs is brought to you by the SDG Academy, the flagship education initiative of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Learn more and get involved at bookclubwithjeffreysachs.org.Footnotes:Fannie Lou HamerCivil Rights Movement1964 Democratic National ConventionHamer's Testimony at the Democratic National Convention 1964White SupremacyVoter Suppression in the United States SharecroppingLiteracy TestJim Crow SouthApartheidMississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP)Lyndon B. JohnsonSecond-class Citizen“Mississippi Appendectomy”Forced SterilizationFannie Lou Hamer, Civil Rights Activist, Savagely Beaten in Mississippi JailIntersectionalitySet the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom The Working PoorW.E.B. Du Bois: Black ReconstructionDunning SchoolAmerican Civil War10 of Hamer's Most Powerful Quotes⭐️ Thanks for listening to Book Club with Jeffrey Sachs!📚 Join the conversation and go deeper into the ideas shaping our world.➡️ Watch the conversation on YouTube ➡️ Subscribe to the newsletter for episode updates, readings, and behind-the-scenes insights: https://bit.ly/subscribeBCJS➡️ Explore past episodes, show notes, and featured books: https://bookclubwithjeffreysachs.org🎧 Download and subscribe on your favorite podcast platform so you never miss an episode.📣 Love the show? Leave a rating and review - it helps more listeners find the podcast.🔁 Share this episode with a friend, colleague, or book club who’d enjoy the discussion!