it mainly revolves around figures like Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Rosa Parks, and Medgar and Myrlie Evers. But did you ever hear about Fannie Lou Hammer? She wasn't just a civil rights ...

Today she is the director of the Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. Collection ... Some names have become well known, ...

Carl Snowden, chair of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Committee, will serve as master of ceremonies. “We congratulate all of the recipients of the Fannie Lou Hamer Awards, whose commitment to ...

MLK DAY CONCERT — VOTING WITH PURPOSE AND WITHOUT FEAR On Sunday, the Association of Black Citizens of Lexington is hosting a concert in honor of MLK Jr. Day and in celebration of the lives of ...

Washington, D.C. marks the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. a bit early ... like civil rights activists Fannie Lou Hamer and Rosa Parks. WANDA THOMPSON: Black women, don't let anybody tell ...

Though not a Catholic, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. deserves to have his ... The movement was Fannie Lou Hamer, Septima Clark, Rev. John Lewis, Andrew Young, Diane Nash, Ella Baker, Bayard ...

Martin Luther King Jr. had a deep respect for music as ... His "We Shall Overcome" is in many ways the definitive version. 14. Fannie Lou Hamer, 'Go Tell It on the Mountain' (1963) The original ...

ATLANTIC CITY — The members of the New Jersey Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Commission met at the Civil Rights Garden on Wednesday, 50 years to the day after activist Fannie Lou Hamer ...

Former Oregon lawmaker Margaret Carter speaks Monday at the Hyatt Regency in Northeast Portland, Jan. 20, 2024, for Monday's World Arts Foundation Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. event. Erik Neumann ...

The testimony of Fannie Lou Hamer to the credentials committee in Atlantic City, New Jersey, was vivid and blunt.