Fannie Lou Hamer was a leader of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. ... Only days before the 1964 convention, Dennis gave an impassioned eulogy at the funeral of James Chaney, ...

Fannie Lou Hamer, a leader of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, testifies before the credentials committee of the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, N.J. on Aug. 22, 1964 as ...

In this Aug. 22, 1964 photograph, Fannie Lou Hamer, a leader of the Freedom Democratic party, speaks before the credentials committee of the Democratic national convention in Atlantic City, N.J ...

FILE - Fannie Lou Hamer testifies before the credentials committee of the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on Aug. 22, 1964, as her racially integrated group challenged ...

FILE - Fannie Lou Hamer, a leader of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, testifies before the credentials committee of the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, N.J., on Aug. 22 ...

Numerous civil rights activists in the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum's central gallery, including Fannie Lou Hamer, highlight the "This Little Light of Mine" exhibit on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024 ...

Blain noted in her 2021 book, “Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer’s Enduring Message to America,” that Hamer feared both abortion and birth control were “white supremacist tools to regulate ...

Blain noted in her 2021 book, “Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer’s Enduring Message to America," that Hamer feared both abortion and birth control were “white supremacist tools to regulate ...