Fannie Lou Hamer is best known for her testimony at the 1964 Democratic National Convention on behalf of which organization?
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Correct answer: The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP)
Hamer challenged the all-white Mississippi delegation at the convention. Her televised testimony about the violence she faced while trying to register to vote drew national attention to the struggle in the South.
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