Fannie Lou Hamer stood before the Democratic National Convention (DNC). She delivered one of the most searing indictments of ...

Fannie Lou Hamer was ... the tubes tied,” she told a Washington, DC, audience three years later. The forced sterilization was one of the moments that set Hamer on the path to the forefront ...

actor Denzel Washington, former NBA star and business mogul Earvin “Magic” Johnson, and the late civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer. Other recipients included former Secretary of State ...

The story of civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer is being told in the opera, “Is This America?” by composer Mary D. Watkins. Performances will take place Sept. 20, 21 & 22 at the Strand ...

As strong-willed civil rights and voting rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer, Butler knows she has audiences in the palm of her hand. And rightfully so! Butler easily glides between impassioned ...

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 ...