We may celebrate the anniversary of the Mississippi Freedom Summer in 1964, a campaign for voting rights for African American, can be dismantled in 2013. That the advances in women's health is still open for debate. While marriage equality moves forward, lesbian and straight women still earn less for the same job a man does. What do all these things have in common? They call for millions of people to purposely cross racial, gender, sexual orientation and religious views and rise up together to demand equal protection and voice to ALL people.
Read MoreEach of these moments in 1964 has a story behind it -of civil rights workers who knew the risks but took them anyway, of the unexplainable evil acts that pure hatred fueled, and of people who found a way out of no way. Fannie Lou Hamer was amazing in what she faced throughout her life, but she fought until the end for justice for she had seen the horrid realities of injustice.We remember, we listen to what is hard to hear, and we honor those who have taught us well. Could they have even imagined that 50 years later, their stories would be told?
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