For 20 years, Reid-Merritt’s dance company performed during Stockton’s Kwanzaa celebration, which was held at the Atlantic City Free Public Library ... s annual Fannie Lou Hamer symposium ...

Chandler recently spoke with me about the new Sounds of the World series — which launches Thursday, March 6, with ...

Fannie Lou Hamer assumed the risk of sexual violence in Mississippi ... abusive God. It’s a rich, multivocal library. And we can’t afford to be ignorant of a book that’s being weaponized against ...

These powerful girl names carry significant meanings, and allow your little one to share a name with a strong and inspiring woman in U.S. history.

Here are some of the names if you want to learn more: Ella Baker, Mary McLeod Bethune, George Washington Carver, James Chaney, Septima Clark, John Henrik Clarke, David Dennis Sr, Fannie Lou Hamer ...

He was a leader that inspired me,” Powell said. “Like Frederick Douglass and Fannie Lou Hamer, I draw my strength from what they all did. During their time, they all suffered more hardship than I have ...

Hosted annually by the Department of Africana Studies at the University of Delaware, the Fannie Lou Hamer Lecture is a signature event held each February in celebration of Black History Month. Named ...

WE ARE SICK AND TIRED OF BEING SICK AND TIRED. >> THE FAMOUS LINE, DELIVERED IN DECEMBER 1964 BY FANNIE LOU HAMER, THE CIVIL RIGHTS ICON FROM THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA, SPEAKING FROM THE HEART IN HER ...

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 ...

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 ...