It wasn’t called voter suppression back then, but civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer knew exactly how white authorities in Mississippi felt about Black people voting in the 1960s.

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 ...

Fannie Lou Hamer was born in ... sterilization was one of the moments that set Hamer on the path to the forefront of the Mississippi Civil Rights movement, but the incident that brought her ...

The documentary examines the life of civil rights legend Fannie Lou Hamer, offering first-hand accounts by those who knew her and worked side by side with her in the struggle for voting rights.

When former sharecropper Fannie Lou Hamer first learned that ... Despite facing brutal challenges while fighting in the civil rights movement, Hamer never gave up her goal of registering Black ...

In 1964, Fannie Lou Hamer stood before the Democratic National Convention (DNC). She delivered one of the most searing indictments of American democracy.

Fannie Lou Hamer's fight for voting rights in 1964 remains relevant today as states continue to enact voter suppression tactics. While Black political representation has increased, many elected ...