of african-american delegates, crashed the convention. their demand to replace the delegates and be recognized as the official delegation from the state of mississippi was most profoundly and powerfully expressed by fannie lou hamer. hamer, a mississippi share cropper turned activist who was prui brutalized by police while working in the movement, gave this testimony. >> the plantation owners came and said, fannie lou, do you know desh did they tell you what i said? i said, yes, sir. he said, well i mean that. if you don't go down and withdraw your registration, you will have to leave. then, if you go down and withdraw, that you still might have to go because we're not ready for that in mississippi. and i addressed him and told him, i didn't try to register for you. i tried to register for myself.