Fannie Lou Hamer stood before the Democratic National Convention (DNC). She delivered one of the most searing indictments of American democracy. “Is this America, the land of the free and the home of ...

Fannie Lou Hamer was born in 1917 ... she was picking hundreds of pounds of cotton a day. In the early 1940s she married Perry Hamer, known as Pap, and worked alongside him at W.D. Marlow ...

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 ...

Fannie Lou Hamer: Stand Up is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku ...

While Fannie Lou Hamer's life and advocacy work are remarkable, Cheryl L. West's playwriting for FANNIE (THE MUSIC AND LIFE OF FANNIE LOU HAMER) is straightforward. West's script recounts the ...

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 ...

Fannie Lou Hamer did not put her life on the line so that future generations could celebrate symbolic victories while the systems of oppression remained intact. She fought for real, systemic ...