Fannie Lou Hamer, a civil rights activist, working for voting rights gets marginalized by President Johnson when he calls an impromtu press conference which makes the broadcast networks swivel the TV spot light from Ms. Hamer's testimony to him. This is an example of "dirty tricks" and the power of white privilege.
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