Protest movements played a decisive role in shaping the history of our rebellion-born nation. In the 20th century alone, mass ...

There is nothing more dangerous to the dominant status quo than solidarity. Yet solidarity appears to be almost impossible to ...

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King, whose birth we celebrate as a national holiday this Jan. 20, was — along with Rosa Parks, John Lewis, Fannie Lou Hamer ... that there be more positive images of Black people in American ...

(Alice Ochs / Getty Images) Bob Dylan’s electric set at the Newport Folk ... Also on the bill with Dylan that evening was Fannie Lou Hamer — the eloquently blunt Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party ...

In 1964, Fannie Lou Hamer stood before the Democratic National Convention (DNC). She delivered one of the most searing indictments of American democracy.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The legendary actor Denzel Washington reminds a fan that he’s “just a regular person” after a touching interaction.