The Martin Luther King Jr. Committee of Anne Arundel County will recognize 13 local women in honor of voting and women’s rights activist, community organizer and civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer.

When you hear stories about the civil rights movement in the '50s and '60s, it mainly revolves around figures like Martin ...

>> WE ARE SICK AND TIRED OF BEING SICK AND TIRED. >> THE FAMOUS LINE, DELIVERED IN DECEMBER 1964 BY FANNIE LOU HAMER, THE CIVIL RIGHTS ICON FROM THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA, SPEAKING FROM THE HEART IN HER ...

In all, 19 were given the highest honor that can be awarded to a civilian in the United States. On Jan. 4, actor Denzel Washington, NBA Hall of Famer Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, ...

Hosted annually by the Department of Africana Studies at the University of Delaware, the Fannie Lou Hamer Lecture is a signature event held each February in celebration of Black History Month. Named ...

Fannie Lou Hamer was a civil rights activist who used singing to promote community and fight for voting rights. Hamer's life and legacy are celebrated in the new Kentucky Opera production, "This ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author Caitlin Cass talked about Fannie Lou Hamer's contributions to civil rights. Author Caitlin Cass talked about Fannie Lou Hamer's contributions ...

JACKSON, Miss. — Vice President Kamala Harris accepted the Democrats’ presidential nom-ination Thursday Aug. 22, 2024, exactly 60 years after another Black woman mesmerized the na-tion with a ...

The Fannie Lou Hamer Farm Project is a student-led initiative focused on “Black wellness and land-based learning and healing” on campus through farming and workshops centered around food access, among ...

President Joe Biden has announced the 2025 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, created in 1963 to recognize individuals whose work has profoundly ...