Fannie Lou Hamer Awards. Phyllis “Tee” Adams, of Annapolis, has a passion for working with youth and young adults. Adams has organized events for local youth, including ski trips, gospel ...

2023 Fannie Lou Hamer Awards Recipients Left to right top: Fannie Lou Hamer, Courtney Buiniskis, of Shady Side, Delores M. Bullock, of Annapolis, Renee Cantori, of Pasadena, Betsy L. Harris-Dotson,… ...

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's Fannie: The Music and Life of Fannie Lou Hamer will run through April 2, 2023 at Lucie Stern Theatre. Greta Oglesby, who starred in last season’s critically ...

Fannie Lou Hamer fought for Civil Rights, and famously questioned Democrats for their commitment; 60 years later, her presence is felt at DNC. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest ...

Civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer's legacy will continue to live on in Atlantic City through a statue gifted to the resort that will live inside Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall, where she gave a ...

Multiple speakers at the Democratic National Convention have mentioned Fannie Lou Hamer, a civil rights activist who gave a landmark speech at the convention in 1964. ... Photo via Getty images.

Sixty years ago this August, a 46-year-old former sharecropper and activist from Mississippi named Fannie Lou Hamer spoke before the credentials committee at the Democratic National Convention in ...

Fannie Lou Hamer speaks to Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party sympathizers outside the Capitol in Washington, in this Sept. 17, 1965 file photo. Hamer and others used Christmas carols to ...

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.