Fannie Lou Hamer was an artist who fought for inclusive democracy. Her advocacy and activism laid the groundwork for the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
Fannie Lou Hamer, a civil rights activist from Mississippi, is posthumously recognized for her efforts in voter registration ...
Fannie Lou Hamer was born in 1917, the 20th child of Lou Ella and James Lee Townsend, sharecroppers east of the Mississippi Delta. She first joined her family in the cotton fields at the age of six.
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Fannie Lou Hamer's legacy on display at this year's DNC in ChicagoIt was appropriate that a strong, horn-mad voice from yesteryear became among the most powerful at another national convention of the Democratic Party. One after the other, Democrats at the recent ...
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60 years after Democrats denied Fannie Lou Hamer a convention seat, Harris is set to make historyCHICAGO — On Aug. 22, 1964, Mississippi civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer delivered an iconic speech at the Democratic National Convention, taking the party to task for its failure to ...
Fannie Lou Hamer was born in 1917, the 20th child of Lou Ella and James Lee Townsend, sharecroppers east of the Mississippi Delta. She first joined her family in the cotton fields at the age of six.
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