As we celebrate the extension of freedom and dignity to all Americans, remember the black leaders who carried that message into the pro-life movement.

A screening of the award-winning film “Fannie Lou Hamer’s America” will be held June 21 at 7 p.m. at the Strand Theatre in ...

Exhibit at Parthenon honors inspiring women, like the late Dr. Mildred Stahlman. She pioneered respiratory therapy monitoring for premature babies.

Richard Kurin, now a distinguished scholar at the Smithsonian, remembers Long during the 1990 Festival of American Folklife. In one tent, Long was telling tourists, “We’re in a church in Mississippi, ...

SHE PAVED THE WAY FOR A L Fannie Lou Hamer, a civil rights activist from Ruleville, Mississippi, has been posthumously honored for her significant contributions to the civil rights movement."And the ...

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Learn about Fannie Lou Hamer ... emerged as one of the most influential civil rights activists in the movement. While her contributions are many, Hamer is perhaps most well known for her ...

When we think about the Civil Rights Movement in terms of gender, typically, the men are highlighted. I think, Fannie Lou Hamer, she represents strong leadership, female leadership. She was ...

Almost 60 years ago, Fannie ... in the American Civil Rights Movement," stated its website. Multiple markers can be found throughout Mississippi. In 1961, a white doctor gave Hamer a hysterectomy ...