In the histories of Mississippi's political history ... having worked alongside icons like Fannie Lou Hamer in the 1960s to register Black voters throughout the Mississippi Delta.

The Mississippi’s State Democratic Party would not allow black people to participate. So, Fannie Lou Hamer helped to found the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party in 1964. They challenged the seating ...

Jackson is often referred to as the “Blackest city in America,” because African Americans comprise more than 80% of its ...

1870-1875: Black political representation ... the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party sent a delegation to the Democratic National Convention, where Fannie Lou Hamer testified on national ...

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Just makes it easier to redraw political boundaries and dilute Black ... Higginbotham called respectability politics. So, Fannie Lou Hamer, the Mississippi-born daughter of sharecroppers, whose ...

Also receiving the award on Saturday were Robert F. Kennedy Sr. (posthumous), Ashton B. Carter (posthumous), Tim Gill, Jane Goodall, Fannie Lou Hamer (posthumous), Bill Nye, George W. Romney ...

Black History Month celebrates towering figures like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and Rosa Parks— rightfully so, as ...

When Martin Luther King visited the state recently in support of the Freedom Democratic Party (a predominantly ... a Mississippi Negro woman like Fannie Lou Hamer emerge as a leader, or that ...