Joy Davenport, seen at home in Chicago on Feb. 11, 2022, has a film called “Fannie Lou Hamer’s America” that will premiere on PBS and WORLD Channel during Black History Month as part of the ...

Civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer loved young people. She loved to be around them and loved to work with them, emphasizing their vitality, vision, and ability to lead. Her approach to working ...

I want the kids to know that Fannie Lou Townsend Hamer did not go through all of that for nothing. Don’t allow someone else to carry the torch for you when we have our children to do it. So ...

Fannie Lou Hamer wasn’t one of those dainty, soft-spoken Southern ladies who drank sweet tea with a congenial smile and a Sunday go-to-church wide-brimmed hat. No. She was a tough, in-your-face ...

Gregory Allen Howard To Script Tale Of Civil Rights Icon Fannie Lou Hamer For 1492. Skip to main content. Open Mega Menu ... Hamer grew up in a family of 20 kids and picked cotton for most of her ...

While Denzel Washington, Earvin “Magic” Johnson and the late Fannie Lou Hamer may all be legends in their own respective industries, the trio were among the recipients for the same very ...

NEW YORK -- Students at Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School are shuffling from one class to the next. "I'm very excited being that it's my senior year. There's a lot of new things and new ...

Fannie Lou Hamer, a Mississippi civil rights activist was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on January 4 alongside 18 others.

Supporters insist that the one-woman stage play will uplift the audience, even as they learn about Fannie Lou Hamer. ... "I had $1.75 and had to either pay the poll tax or get food for four kids.

In an exclusive interview with theGrio, Fannie Lou Hamer's daughter celebrates her mother on the 42nd anniversary of the civil rights activist's death. The post Remembering Fannie Lou Hamer: On ...

CHICAGO — How much do you really know about civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer? In these pandemic years, her story has been told on the Goodman Theatre stage and in Chicago parks by way of ...