Malcolm and Mississippi organizer Fannie Lou Hamer spoke at a Harlem rally supporting the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party's challenge to the all-white Mississippi delegation. Their joint appearance linked urban Black organizing with the danger faced by rural voting-rights workers. Hamer's testimony anchored the event in lived experience of racist violence; Malcolm connected it to national and international responsibility.
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The December 20 Harlem rally linked Malcolm and Fannie Lou Hamer with support for the MFDP challenge.
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The event united urban organizers, Mississippi voting-rights workers, and SNCC performers.