On Tuesday, February 15, 2022, attendees joined Keisha Blain (author of Until I Am Free ... powerful songs, Fannie Lou Hamer’s America: An America ReFramed Special paints a portrait of the ...

That vision, best encapsulated in her well-known mantra “nobody’s free until everybody ... and a worsened limp. Portrait of Fannie Lou Hamer in 1971 by Louis H. Draper.

Over four decades after Fannie Lou Hamer’s death, her words are an important rally call to those fighting for racial and economic equality: “We have a long fight and this fight is not mine alone, but ...

This site is free thanks to our community of supporters ... Donation Options Search Search Search Fannie Lou Hamer in an updated portrait. AP Share As published in the Chicago Daily News, sister ...

Although Fannie Lou Hamer has been gone from this earth 46 years, one of her many puissant perspectives still holds true for millions of marginalized people: “I’m sick and tired of being sick ...

Almost 60 years ago, Fannie Lou Hamer ... America," said Hamer, a powerful voice of the voting and Civil Rights movements in Mississippi. "Is this America? The land of the free and the home ...

ESSENCE celebrates the legacy of civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer– who passed away on this day in 1977– and her lasting impact on democracy in America. Fannie Lou Hamer came from humble ...

Growing Up the Daughter of Civil Rights Icon Fannie Lou Hamer.” Her stories not only shined a light on Hamer’s legacy of activism, but they also painted a portrait of her as a mother filled with ...

Greta Oglesby portrays civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer in TheatreWorks ... As one of Hamer’s most famous quotes goes, “Nobody’s free until everybody’s free.” ...

Fannie Lou Hamer was a leader of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. In 1964, the racially integrated group challenged the seating of an all-white Mississippi delegation to the Democratic ...