Disenfranchised People

In the book, God’s Long Summer: Stories of Faith and Civil Rights, Charles Marsh shares the stories of men and women of faith and how they impacted the civil rights movement. One of the stories highlighted is Fannie Lou Hamer’s, a long time civil rights activist and pro-life supporter. He writes, “The call [to fight for equal rights] also made sense because the faith of the black church had prepared Mrs. Hamer for this moment. The church had sustained her wearied spirit when all other institu...