The document “We’re On Our Way” is the testimony of Fannie Lou Hammer. Her testimony to events that took place in order to discriminate against African American citizens. In this document, Hammer describes how America is no longer the land of the free and the brave as it was believed to be. The aftereffects of the incidents in Hammer’s life defined her reasoning for this belief. Hammer does not believe this to be true anymore as a result of other African American were being murdered all because they want to become first class citizens in their society. Hammer argues through her personal experiences on the bus and the workshop that lead to jail; that America is no longer the home of the brave nor the free. Through the personal experiences that
