Thirteen local women will be recognized in the name of Fannie Lou Hamer, the voting and women’s rights activist and civil ...

On Aug. 22, 1964, 47-year-old Fannie Lou Hamer sat before the Credentials Committee at the Democratic National Convention and told the harrowing account of her attempt two years earlier to register to ...

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 ...