Fannie Lou Hamer was born in 1917 ... the deeply religious Hamer began to sing spirituals. Singing, in particular, “This Little Light of Mine” and “Go Tell It on the Mountain,” became ...

Whenever Fannie Lou Hamer spoke, she also sang. She invited others to sing along. She understood the power of singing together to heighten the sense of community and solidarity and used it to ...

E. Faye Butler is one of those performers who makes acting and singing look as natural as breathing. As strong-willed civil rights and voting rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer, Butler knows she has ...