It wasn’t called voter suppression back then, but civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer knew ... back to Mississippi, the bus driver called the police to remove Hamer and her colleagues from ...

Fannie Lou Hamer was born in 1917 ... by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Hamer joined 17 of her neighbors on a bus to Indianola, the county seat. Officials blocked most ...

Almost 60 years ago, Fannie Lou Hamer took the podium at the Democratic ... Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, SNCC, Hamer boarded a bus with 17 neighbors to register to vote.

Fannie Lou Hamer was a civil rights activist who used singing to promote community and fight for voting rights. Hamer's life and legacy are celebrated in the new Kentucky Opera production ...