Hartman Turnbow was a Mississippi farmer, orator, and activist during the Civil Rights Movement.
12 Facts About Hartman Turnbow
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Hartman Turnbow was born on March 20,1905, in Mileston, Mississippi.
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Hartman Turnbow's grandparents were former slaves and he inherited their farm.
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Hartman Turnbow moved to Chicago, Illinois, where he met and married his second wife Dee.
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Hartman Turnbow was elected delegate of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party at the 1964 Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey where he testified his personal accounts with voter suppression.
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In May 1963, Hartman Turnbow fought off an attack on his family and himself with rifle fire.
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Hartman Turnbow was attacked and framed for arson because he was one of the first African Americans that step forward to vote in Mississippi.
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Hartman Turnbow says it's gon' be some difficults, gon' have troubles, folks gon' lose their lives, peoples gon' lose all their money, and just like he said, all of that happened.
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Hartman Turnbow hit it ka-dap on the head, and it's workin' now.
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Hartman Turnbow died on August 15,1988, at the Methodist Hospital of Middle Mississippi in Lexington at the age of 83.
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Hartman Turnbow is best known for his independent spirit and orating the truth.
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An example of the way Hartman Turnbow spoke can be found in this excerpt, when during Freedom Summer he tried to persuade more black Mississippians to vote:.