I would have liked for Fannie Lou Hammer and the other members of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party to have witnessed Barack Obama's inauguration. I believe that their courage and advocacy helped pave the way for Barack Obama's election.

Here's an excerpt of Fannie Lou Hammer's Wikipedia page:

"Fannie Lou Hamer (born Fannie Lou Townsend on October 6, 1917 – March 14, 1977) was an American voting rights activist and civil rights leader.

She was instrumental in organizing Mississippi Freedom Summer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and later became the Vice-Chair of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, attending the 1964 Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in that capacity. Her plain-spoken manner and fervent belief in the Biblical righteousness of her cause gained her a reputation as an electrifying speaker and constant champion of civil rights"

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Fannie Lou Hammer indicated that she was a civil rights activist because she was "sick and tired of being sick and tired".

I believe that she will at President Obama's inauguration in spirit.